E P Clark And Company Limited Land To Rear Of Homelea Billingshurst Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West… Data via plota.co.uk

25/02976/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Retrospective (Section 73a) application for hardstanding, gates and use of land for the siting of containers for storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
22 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
2 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
19 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Wisborough Green 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 0DZ
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Loxwood
Parish
Wisborough Green
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Mar 2026
Decision
REFUSE
Decision date
19 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Manorwood

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. 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.

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14565409
Planning Portal ref
PP-14565409
Consultation
2 Feb 2026
Comments by
18 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Mar 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