Waters Edge The Drive Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0TD Data via plota.co.uk

26/00936/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Retrospective section 73a application for change of use of adjacent land to residential garden use in associated with 'Waters Edge, The Drive' including retention of outbuildings for ancillary domestic purposes (workshop/domestic storage/stables). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Apr 2026
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Validated
20 May 2026
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Consultation
28 May 2026
✓
Approved
15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Ifold 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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
Chichester
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
RH14 0TD
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Loxwood
Parish
Plaistow And Ifold
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jul 2026
Decision
PERMIT
Decision date
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
PROwe Planning Solutions

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 69% of changes of use here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
100decided in the last year

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-14841257
Planning Portal ref
PP-14841257
Consultation
28 May 2026
Comments by
22 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Chichester
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#6 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

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
Chichester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #127 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #72 of 296
93%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #10 of 296
18%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #15 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
76%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
34 decided
935
Total decisions
107 refused in the year to March 2026