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Kellys Farm Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HY

26/00559/ELDExisting Lawful DevelopmentAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Existing lawful development - change of use of 1 no. building from offices (Use Class B1(a)) to 1 no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).

Received
10 March 2026
Decision due
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Witterings
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 8 April.

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kellys Farm Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HY. Chichester has handled 341 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across The Witterings. We hold 2,826 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

74% of amendment 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 7HY
Application type
Existing Lawful Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birdham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2026
Last date for comments
8 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14762836
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
9

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.

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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