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25/00658/FUL - Full Application Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 3 December 2025, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Proposed construction, operation and decommissioning of a solar farm and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:01

Application progress

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Received

18 Mar 2025

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Validated

27 Mar 2025

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Consultation

23 Oct 2025

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Committee

3 Dec 2025

Decision notice

Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 22 Nov 2025; it is now day 580.

The consultation period closed on 22 Nov 2025.

Planning committee

Decided by Chichester Planning Committee on 3 Dec 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because renewable energy benefits outweighed localised landscape, heritage and temporary construction harms.
The committee voted to defer for a legal agreement, then permit with amended construction controls and a ban on battery storage.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Chichester's committee minutes of 3 Dec 2025.

Documents 358

Decision & officer reports 9

PDF EMAIL REGARDING DECISION BY PLANNING INSPECTORATE Correspondence · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE Correspondence · 27 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 - APPENDIX 1 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 - APPENDIX 2 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 - APPENDIX 3 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 - APPENDIX 4 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 - APPENDIX 5 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT 03/12/2025 - APPENDIX 6 Committee Report · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 64

PDF EMAIL TO GRAYS ECOLOGY 5/5/26 Correspondence · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CORRESPONDENCE WITH ECOLOGIST Correspondence · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF PUBLIC COMMENT 30.11.25 Objection Comment · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF REBUTAL OF HIGHWAY NO OBJECTION LETTER Correspondence · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF REBUTAL OF PROW NO OBJECTION LETTER Correspondence · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Third Party Other · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Third Party Other · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Letter · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF PUBLIC COMMENT 19.11.25 Third Party Other · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT 25.11.25 Third Party Other · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Support Comment · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF CHICHESTER DISTRICT PROW & CONSULTATION Application Documents · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF R020-14 AGENT RESPONSE TO LOXWOOD AND WISBOROUGH GREEN ACTION GROUP OBJECTION OF 18.11.2025 Application Documents · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF PUBLIC COMMENT 07/10/2025 Objection Comment · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF PUBLIC COMMENT Objection Comment · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Other · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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 0AP
Received: 18 Mar 2025
Validated: 27 Mar 2025
Ward: Loxwood
Parish: Wisborough Green
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Oct 2025
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: GP Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 580, past the statutory target. 84% of full applications in Chichester are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 580524 days past the 56-day target

64%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

265decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Chichester in the last twelve months, from validation. Chichester decision record →

Public comments

66comments received

62 objecting4 neutral

94% object · above the UK average of 74%

183 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13524123
Planning Portal ref: PP-13524123
Consultation: 23 Oct 2025
Comments by: 22 Nov 2025
Committee: 3 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry: 26 Jun 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Proposed construction, operation and decommissioning of a solar farm and associated infra…

NC/25/0014 25 Apr 2025

2025 Approved

Proposed construction, operation and decommissioning of a solar farm and associated infra…

NC/25/0014 25 Apr 2025

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Decided

Land to The South, South West and North West of Malham Farm and North West of Oakwood Farm , Newpound, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0AP

Adjoining Authority Consultation - Chichester District Council (WR/25/00658/FUL) - Propos…

SDNP/25/02142/ADJAUT 23 Jun 2025

2024 Approved

Land To The East Of The B2133 Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AP

Request for a formal screening opinion - Proposed solar photovoltaic farm (upto 20MWac) a…

24/00604/EIA 28 May 2024

2024 Approved

Land To The East Of The B2133 Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AP

Request for a formal screening opinion - Proposed solar photovoltaic farm (upto 20MWac) a…

24/00604/EIA 28 May 2024

2017 Approved

Malham Farm Newpound Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AP

Replacement grain store.

17/03081/FUL 9 Jan 2018

2017 Approved

Malham Farm Newpound Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AP

Replacement grain store.

17/03081/FUL 9 Jan 2018

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