Willowdene Nursery Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG

26/00111/PA3QPrior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3Awaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of an existing agricultural building to 1 no' dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), and for associated operational development, under Part 3, Class Q(c) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) which was amended by Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 579 which came into effect on 21st May 2024.

Received: 16 January 2026
Decision due: 13 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chichester District Council
Ward: Sidlesham With Selsey North

ReceivedReceived16 Jan
ValidatedValidated16 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Feb
TargetTarget Date13 Mar
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Willowdene Nursery Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Sidlesham With Selsey North. We hold 2,828 applications in total for the PO20 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: PO20 7QG
Application type: Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sidlesham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 17 February 2026
Consultation start: 23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 17 February 2026
Last date for comments: 17 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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