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26/01658/FUL - Full Application Refused
DemolitionNew homes

Proposal

Demolition of existing 3 no. dwellings and 4 no. outbuildings and erection of 1 no. dwelling and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jul 2026
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Validated
5 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
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Refused
30 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 30 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 30

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFULZ Decision Notice · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEDEC Delegated Report · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 7

PDF HABITATS REGULATION ASSESSMENT Application Documents · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DAYLIGHT OR SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT LETTER 07/07/2026 Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT WITH DRAINAGE STRATEGY LEVEL 2 Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRACTION AND DESIGN STATMENT Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 14

PDF AGENT RESPONSE 22/09/26 Correspondence · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF WEST WITTERING PARISH COUNCIL Parish Comments · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY 28/08/2026 Consultee Comment · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF COASTAL PARTNERS Consultee Comment · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF COASTAL PARTNERS CIVIL ENGINEERING Consultee Comment · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Public Comment · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF CDC HOUSING CLIENT SERVICES COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF CDC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMENT Consultee Comment · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 6

PDF AGENT EMAIL TO OFFICER 23.09.2026 Correspondence · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CORRESPONDENCE TO AGENT 15.09.26 Correspondence · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF VALIDATION EMAIL FROM AGENT 05/08/26 Correspondence · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ACKAPP Correspondence · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DAYLIGHT OR SUNLIGHT REPORT Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF THE PROPOSAL Application Documents · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath about 13 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.
Special protection area about 31 m away: Solent and Dorset Coast
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.
East Head to Shoreham about 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
SSSI about 24 m away: Bracklesham Bay SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Radon affected area, class 4; Flood defence about 21 m from the postcode pin (beach, designed for a 1 in 25 year flood); Inside the East Wittering 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, 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
Chichester
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
PO20 8HH
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Ward
The Witterings
Parish
West Wittering
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
REFUSE
Decision date
30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Axiom Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 18% of demolitions here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
117decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Chichester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chichester decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15110253
Planning Portal ref
PP-15110253
Consultation
17 Aug 2026
Comments by
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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2025
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
Cherry Croft 47 Marine Drive West West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HH
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
38 Marine Drive West West Wittering West Sussex PO20 8HH
Alterations to boundary wall and proposed outbuilding to front of property.
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2022 Approved
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38 Marine Drive West West Wittering West Sussex PO20 8HH
Fenestration alterations, external material changes and 2 no. rooflilghts.
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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
38 Marine Drive West West Wittering PO20 8HH
Proposed garden room.
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2021 Approved
38 Marine Drive West West Wittering PO20 8HH
Proposed garden room.
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Tailwinds 35 Marine Drive West West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HH
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Witters 34 Marine Drive West West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HH
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Proposed balcony extension with privacy screening.
16/00811/DOM
2016 Approved
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Proposed balcony extension with privacy screening.
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Chichester
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#6 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings