Westland Copse Oakhurst Farm Oakhurst Lane Loxwood West Sussex
Approved on 19 December 2024
Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED HEREBY PERMITTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use (class E).
- Received
- 29 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- Ward
- Loxwood
- ReceivedReceived29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation27 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Westland Copse Oakhurst Farm Oakhurst Lane Loxwood West Sussex. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Chichester's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Loxwood.
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
- Application type
- Prior Approval CoU Agric to Flexi
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Loxwood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 4 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 24 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 December 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- White and Sons
- Agent address
- 3 Massetts Road Horley Surrey RH6 7PR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202612 Oct
Resurfacing of existing hardstanding.
PendingApplication26/02149/FUL - 202510 Oct
Proposed grain, machinery and fertiliser store
ApprovedPrior Notification (agr,dem,tel)25/02427/PNO - 201429 Apr
Proposed hardstanding at Westland Copse and repositioning of barn approved under LX/13/01764/PNO
ApprovedPrior Notification (agr,dem,tel)14/01441/PNO - 20134 Jun
Proposed barn.
ApprovedPrior Notification (agr,dem,tel)13/01764/PNO
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Consultants on this application
- White & Sons · Agent for this application
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