Mapsons Farm Highleigh Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QP
Proposal
Proposed lawful development - solar panels on an existing agricultural building.
- Received
- 26 March 2025
- Decided
- 12 June 2025 · PERMIT
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- Ward
- Sidlesham With Selsey North
- ReceivedSubmitted26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Apr
- Consult.Consultation4 Jun
- TargetTarget Date17 Jun
- DecidedDecided12 Jun
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Mapsons Farm Highleigh Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QP. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 52 days. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Chichester's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Sidlesham With Selsey North. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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