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Willowdene Nursery Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG

20/03159/PA3QPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 January 2021

Council decision: PLANNING PERMISSION REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Class Q (a) application for Prior Approval - change of use from agriculture to 1 no. large dwellinghouse (C3 Use Class).

Received
4 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Sidlesham With Selsey North
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Willowdene Nursery Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Sidlesham With Selsey North. 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 7QG
Application type
Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sidlesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2020
Consultation expiry
12 January 2021
Consultation start
11 December 2020
Consultation end
1 January 2021
Last date for comments
12 January 2021
Target decision date
30 January 2021
Permission expires
29 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chartered Town Planner
Agent address
Sally Field Lodge Rotten Row Sidlesham West Sussex PO20 7QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 December 2020
Site notice end
12 January 2021

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
82
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Oct

    Erection of 4 no. dwellings, with associated landscaping, demolition of 1 no. greenhouse and 1 no. ostrich…

    PendingApplication26/02177/FUL
  2. 2026
    16 Jan

    Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of an existing agricultural building to 1 no' dwellinghouse (Use…

    PendingPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C326/00111/PA3Q
  3. 2025
    21 Nov

    Erection and subsequent extension of agricultural building.

    PendingExisting Lawful Development25/02845/ELD
  4. 2025
    1 Aug

    Prior Approval - Change of use of an agricultural building to 3 no. dwelling houses (use class C3) and for…

    ApprovedPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C325/01861/PA3Q
  5. 2020
    30 Mar

    Notification for prior approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse…

    ApprovedPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C320/00883/PA3Q
  6. 2015
    12 Feb

    Change of use from agriculture to 1 no. dwelling (C3 use class).

    ApprovedChange of Use Prior Approvals15/00489/COUPMB

Source: Chichester

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