Land adjacent to Unit E Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL Data via plota.co.uk

BE/20/26/CLE Approved
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Lawful development certificate to confirm the existing mixed (sui generis) parking and B8 general open storage use for the parking and storage of vehicles, trailers and lorry bodies and the siting of storage containers. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Local nature reserve about 196 m away: The Brooks
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Bognor Regis built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Arun
Postcode
PO22 9SL
Received
9 Mar 2026
Validated
9 Mar 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
5 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
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2025 Refused
Land East of Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with details of access, landscaping, layout, and scale (appearance is…
BE/143/25/OUT
2025 Refused
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with some matters reserved (except access, layout and scale) for 3 No…
BE/112/25/OUT
2025 Refused
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with some matters reserved (except access, layout and scale) for 3 No…
BE/112/25/OUT
2025 Refused
Land to the East of Heath Place Business Centre Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Lawful development certificate for the existing use of the land for the parking and stora…
BE/122/25/CLE
2025 Refused
Land to the East of Heath Place Business Centre Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Lawful development certificate for the existing use of the land for the parking and stora…
BE/122/25/CLE
2023 Withdrawn
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of up to 10 No. dwellings…
BE/134/23/OUT
2023 Withdrawn
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of up to 10 No. dwellings…
BE/134/23/OUT
2023 Decided
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Adjoining Authority Consultation - Arun District Council (BE/134/23/OUT) - Outline applic…
SDNP/23/05077/ADJAUT
2023 Refused
Land At Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with all matters reserved except access for use of site for housing (…
BE/51/23/OUT
2023 Refused
Land At Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with all matters reserved except access for use of site for housing (…
BE/51/23/OUT
2023 Decided
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Adjoining Authority Consultation - Arun District Council (BE/51/23/OUT) - Outline applica…
SDNP/23/02103/ADJAUT
2022 Withdrawn
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Outline application with all matters reserved, except access, for the erection of up to 2…
BE/147/22/OUT
2023 Decided
Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
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Arun
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#4 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Arun is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #2 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Arun decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #187 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #97 of 296
99%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #2 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #4 of 296
45%
Minor dwellings approved
66 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
35 decided
794
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings