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Crouchers Farm Birdham Road Appledram PO20 7EQ

20/00196/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 November 2020

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of the field as a pick-your-own fruit farm. Erection of 20 no. covered polymer tunnels, with gravel car parking area and provision of temporary toilet facilities and the formation of a new access from Birdham Road (A286).

Received
27 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Harbour Villages
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 280 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Crouchers Farm Birdham Road Appledram PO20 7EQ. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 34 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Harbour Villages. We hold 2,827 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Chichester District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO20 7EQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Appledram

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2020
Consultation expiry
16 November 2020
Consultation start
21 October 2020
Consultation end
11 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
4 November 2020
Last date for comments
16 November 2020
Target decision date
11 May 2020
Permission expires
16 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whaleback
Architect profile
WHALEBACK LTD
Agent address
Office 13, 257 New Church Street Hove BN3 4EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2020
Advertisement expiry
12 March 2020
Site notice start
19 October 2020
Site notice end
16 November 2020

Appeal history

3257903
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 February 2021Dev Type: Minor general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08452512
Documents
38
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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