Batchmere Lodge 95 First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Existing lawful development certificate for the change of use of former stable building to dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 4 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 2
Application forms 1
Other documents 6
Site constraints 5
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £825,000 in May 2014. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Chichester
- Application type
- Existing Lawful Development
- Postcode
- PO20 7LQ
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- Earnley
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decision
- REFUSE
- Decision date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Stephen Jupp MRTPI
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 31% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Chichester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chichester decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14606330
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14606330
- Consultation
- 14 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 4 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 5 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Chichester is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #10 out of 296. Only 18% 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 (95%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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