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Smallburgh Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HX

26/01842/ELDApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 October 2026

Council decision: PERMIT

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Existing lawful development certificate for the use of an outbuilding as a dwellinghouse for a period exceeding 4 years.

Received
21 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 23 October 2026
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at Smallburgh Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HX. Chichester has handled 6,457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,826 applications in total for the PO20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PO20 7HX

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2026
Consultation end
18 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Chichester

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