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Mermaid Cottage Main Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BD

25/02901/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Broadband-internet connection.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision due
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harbour Villages
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 January.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Mermaid Cottage Main Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BD. Chichester has handled 388 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Harbour Villages. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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 8BD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fishbourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation start
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
23 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14535212
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: April Cottage Little Dophins Mermaid'S CottageOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

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© 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.

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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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