Unit 1 Sandlands Court Stocks Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8FZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01871/FUL - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Change of use and extension of the former public house to create a mixed use, comprising a ground floor flexible use (Use Class E) and 7no. self-contained homes (Use Class C3) with various internal and external alterations, associated parking, landscaping and cycle store - (Variation to wording of Condition 22 (Hours of use) of Planning Permission to include use of the commercial unit on the ground floor between the hours of 08:00 and 14:00 on Sunday, bank and other public holidays). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
26 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
4 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 28 Oct 2026, from Chichester's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 6 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Special protection area about 409 m away: Solent and Dorset Coast; SSSI about 398 m away: Bracklesham Bay SSSI; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £220,000 in July 2022. Other property, leasehold.

22 July 2022£220,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Chichester
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
PO20 8FZ
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
The Witterings
Parish
East Wittering And Bracklesham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP

Decision outlook

Day 34 of the 56-day target. Chichester usually decides changes of use by day 54.

Day 3422 days to the 56-day target
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.

85 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15170035
Planning Portal ref
PP-15170035
Consultation
14 Sept 2026
Comments by
6 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Oct 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.