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Funtington and District Village Hall Southbrook Road West Ashling West Sussex PO18 8DR

SDNP/14/05933/PREPre-Application AdviceApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 January 2015

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing village hall and construction of 4 no. 2 1/2 storey houses together with associated external works.

Received
14 November 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Funtington Ward
Agent
The Seaman Partnership Ltd
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Funtington and District Village Hall Southbrook Road West Ashling West Sussex PO18 8DR. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO18 8DR
Application type
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Funtington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2014
Last date for comments
9 December 2014
Target decision date
19 December 2014
Decision issued
26 January 2015
Permission expires
26 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Seaman Partnership Ltd
Agent address
The Seaman Partnership Ltd Unit 2, Martins Barn Birdham Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West AshlingNext to the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Malthouse 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
  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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Source: South Downs

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