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Land North of Chilgrove Farmhouse Old West Dean Road West Dean West Sussex

SDNP/21/00954/LDELawful Development Cert (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 27 October 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Existing Lawful Development Certificate for the change of use of land from agricultural to the use of land for the keeping of horses, the storage of vehicles and other domestic paraphernalia and the erection of two buildings all in association with the residential use of the dwellinghouse at Old Post Office Cottage.

Received
18 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Goodwood Ward CH
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 244 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land North of Chilgrove Farmhouse Old West Dean Road West Dean West Sussex. South Downs has handled 551 applications of this type. This one was decided in 251 days, 28 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Goodwood Ward CH.

90% of amendment 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

Application type
Lawful Development Cert (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Dean Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2021
Last date for comments
14 April 2021
Target decision date
22 April 2021
Permission expires
27 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09531298
Documents
31
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    29 Jun

    Retention of existing storage building and stable/field shelter.

    RefusedFull ApplicationSDNP/20/02552/FUL

Source: South Downs

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