Velvet Strand East Bracklesham Drive Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JH Data via plota.co.uk

26/01314/DOM - Domestic Application (Householder) Approved

Proposal

Replacement of approved outbuilding with garage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jun 2026
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Consultation
22 Jun 2026
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Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 31 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

East Head to Shoreham across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
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 ↗
Special protection area about 57 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.
SSSI about 43 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
Inside the East Wittering built-up area; Flood defence about 42 m from the postcode pin (beach, designed for a 1 in 25 year flood); 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £2,135,796 in April 2024. Detached house, freehold.

18 April 2024£2,135,796

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
Domestic Application (Householder)
Postcode
PO20 8JH
Received
16 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jun 2026
Ward
The Witterings
Parish
East Wittering And Bracklesham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Aug 2026
Decision
PERMIT
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Smith Simmons & Partners

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, 9 days faster than Chichester's median of 54 for demolitions. Approved, as 82% 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.

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 31 Jul 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14999070
Planning Portal ref
PP-14999070
Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Aug 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

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