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Kirdford Village Hall Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0ND

23/02905/PA14JPrior Approval Part14 Class J solarApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 February 2024

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED & HEREBY REFDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of array of 30 no. solar photovoltaic panels on south facing roof slope.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Loxwood
Agent
S R Burrell Chartered Surveyor
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Kirdford Village Hall Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0ND. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Kirdford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Loxwood. We hold 1,273 applications in total for the RH14 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
RH14 0ND
Application type
Prior Approval Part14 Class J solar
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirdford

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
29 January 2024
Consultation start
8 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2024
Last date for comments
9 February 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024
Permission expires
16 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
S R Burrell Chartered Surveyor
Agent address
Burrells Plaistow Rd Ifold Billingshurst RH14 0TU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12668705
Documents
7
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Kirdford
  • 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, 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

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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