Land rear of Meadow Way Westergate Data via plota.co.uk

AL/35/26/RES Approved

Proposal

Approval of reserved matters following outline consent for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the construction of 89 No. residential dwellings, together with open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure, with access taken from Meadow Way (resubmission following ). This application is in CIL Zone 3 and is CIL Liable as new dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 May 2026
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Validated
22 May 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Barnham (Arun) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 11 September 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 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
PO20
Received
19 May 2026
Validated
22 May 2026
Parish
Aldingbourne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
ApproveConditionally
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Barratt Redrow (Southern Counties) Compton House The Guildway Old Portsmouth Road Guildford GU3 1LR

How this decision compares

Decided in 124 days from validation, 64 days slower than Arun's median of 60 for new homes. Approved, as 59% of new homes here are.

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
8 Sept 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