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36 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HQ

24/01572/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 October 2024

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement dwelling with associated landscaping and external works.

Received
5 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
The Witterings
Agent
MH Architects Limited
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 36 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HQ. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across The Witterings. 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 8HQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Wittering

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2024
Consultation expiry
5 September 2024
Consultation start
10 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 September 2024
Last date for comments
1 October 2024
Target decision date
2 October 2024
Permission expires
24 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
MH Architects Limited
Architect profile
MH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Ground Floor Bicentennial Building Southern Gate Chichester PO19 8EZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3361344
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 June 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
3350474
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 December 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13118800
Documents
27
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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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