35 The Wadeway Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9BZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01707/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Retrospective section 73a application for retention of dwelling for use for holiday purposes between 1st March to 30th October, replacing historic static caravan in use for holiday purposes. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
31 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
7 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
18 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special protection area about 482 m away: Solent and Dorset Coast; SSSI about 427 m away: Bracklesham Bay SSSI; Inside the Selsey 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 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 9BZ
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Selsey South
Parish
Selsey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
REFUSE
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Stephen Jupp MRTPI

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 5 days faster than Chichester's median of 54 for changes of use. Refused, as 31% 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15105066
Planning Portal ref
PP-15105066
Consultation
7 Aug 2026
Comments by
28 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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