Oak Meadow The Lane Ifold Loxwood West Sussex RH14 0UL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00342/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Demolition of existing mobile home and outbuilding, replaced with 1 no. dwellinghouse, 1 no. detached four bay carport/store, installation of air source heat pump and associated landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:18

Application progress

✓

Received

13 Feb 2026

✓

Consultation

17 Mar 2026

✗

Refused

22 May 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 32

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFULZ Decision Notice · 22 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEDEC Delegated Report · 22 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 10

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

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

Priority habitat about 28 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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 0UL
Received: 13 Feb 2026
Validated: 13 Feb 2026
Ward: Loxwood
Parish: Plaistow And Ifold
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Apr 2026
Decision: REFUSE
Decision date: 22 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Solve Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 98 days from validation, 44 days slower than Chichester's median of 54 for demolitions. Refused, as 18% of demolitions here are.

This one98d

Council54d

UK56d

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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14659853
Planning Portal ref: PP-14659853
Consultation: 17 Mar 2026
Comments by: 18 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Land South East Of Oakview The Lane Ifold West Sussex

Erection of Equestrian stabling barn.

20/01162/FUL 3 Mar 2021

2020 Approved

Land South East Of Oakview The Lane Ifold West Sussex

Erection of Equestrian stabling barn.

20/01162/FUL 3 Mar 2021

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