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Densworth House Funtington Road East Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 9AP

21/03639/DOMDomestic Application (Householder)Refused
Householder

Refused on 21 March 2022

Council decision: REFUSEDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change use of existing garage to habitable ancillary accommodation (annexe).

Received
20 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Lavant
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Densworth House Funtington Road East Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 9AP. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Lavant. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
PO18 9AP
Application type
Domestic Application (Householder)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2022
Consultation expiry
4 March 2022
Consultation start
20 January 2022
Consultation end
10 February 2022
Last date for comments
4 March 2022
Target decision date
9 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hebden Design Studio Lavant House West Lavant Chichester PO18 9AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 February 2022
Advertisement expiry
24 February 2022
Site notice start
4 February 2022
Site notice end
4 March 2022

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3300829
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 July 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10468252
Documents
18
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Source: Chichester

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