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Old Post Office Cottage Old West Dean Road West Dean Chichester West Sussex PO18 9HU

SDNP/20/01257/PREPre-Application AdviceApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2020

Council decision: Pre Application Advice CompleteDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning application to support existing development that is subject to enforcement action ref - WDEAN/SDNP/20/00009/COU.

Received
19 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Goodwood Ward CH
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Old Post Office Cottage Old West Dean Road West Dean Chichester West Sussex PO18 9HU. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Goodwood Ward CH. 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 9HU
Application type
Pre-Application Advice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Dean Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2020
Target decision date
20 May 2020
Permission expires
15 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (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 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    15 May

    Rear first floor extension.

    WithdrawnHouseholderSDNP/20/01934/HOUS

Source: South Downs

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