Land East of Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL Data via plota.co.uk

BE/15/26/PL Undecided

Proposal

Erection of a 3-storey building comprising of under-croft car parking and bicycle store, 2 floors of 4 No self-contained flats on each (8 No flats in total) with pedestrian access formed onto Ash Grove. This application is in CIL Zone 4 (Zero Rated) as flats. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Expected by 31 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 26 May 2026; it is now day 210.

The consultation period closed on 26 May 2026.

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
23 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Mar 2026
Parish
Bersted
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Darryl Howells Planning Consultancy

Decision outlook

Day 210, past the statutory target. 76% of new homes in Arun are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Oct 2026.

Day 210154 days past the 56-day target
45%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
64decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Arun in the last twelve months, from validation. Arun decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 May 2026
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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