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Donnington Manor Farm Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PL

20/02870/PA3RPrior Approval CoU Agric to FlexiApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 January 2021

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED HEREBY PERMITTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Renovation of existing agricultural building and change of use to flexible commercial use.

Received
5 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Harbour Villages
Agent
Smith Simmons & Partners
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Donnington Manor Farm Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PL. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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.

89% of outline 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 7PL
Application type
Prior Approval CoU Agric to Flexi
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Donnington

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2020
Consultation expiry
24 December 2020
Consultation start
3 December 2020
Consultation end
24 December 2020
Last date for comments
24 December 2020
Target decision date
22 January 2021
Permission expires
22 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Smith Simmons & Partners
Agent address
15 West Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Ivy CottagesOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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© 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.

Source: Chichester

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