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Unit 5 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BU

26/01595/FULPermitted

Proposal

Partial demolition and extension of the existing commercial unit, addition of 1 no. warehouse door and 2 no. roof lights.

Received
11 August 2026
Decided
2 October 2026 · PERMIT
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 October 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 52 days

This is a planning application for demolition at Unit 5 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BU. Chichester has handled 6,336 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Chichester's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01595/FUL
Address
Unit 5 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BU
Postcode
PO20 7BU
Local Authority
Chichester
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Permit

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
17 July 2026
Date Decided
2 October 2026
Date Validated
11 August 2026
Date Submitted
11 August 2026
Consultation End
8 September 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
PERMIT

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
19
Coordinates
50.796760, -0.822577
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Chichester

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chichester Harbour
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, 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 2026-10-09. 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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