Land South Of Unit 1 Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SB Data via plota.co.uk

25/01757/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

S73a retrospective change of use of land for mixed use storage plots. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 16 Oct 2026, 06:33

Application progress

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Received

22 Jul 2025

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Consultation

1 Aug 2025

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Refused

11 Sept 2025

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Appeal dismissed

27 Oct 2025

Refused on 11 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 5

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Agricultural land, grade 1

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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; National park about 247 m away: South Downs.

Not affected

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

Checked on 14 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.

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Important details

Council: Chichester
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: PO10 8SB
Received: 22 Jul 2025
Validated: 22 Jul 2025
Ward: Westbourne
Parish: Westbourne
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Sept 2025
Decision: REFUSE
Decision date: 11 Sept 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Appeal: Dismissed · 27 Oct 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3370134 ↗
Applicant: Show
Agent: Green Planning Studio Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than Chichester's median of 55 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

This one51d

Council55d

UK56d

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

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14194915
Planning Portal ref: PP-14194915
Consultation: 1 Aug 2025
Comments by: 22 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry: 16 Sept 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Refused

The Old Army Camp Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne West Sussex

9 no. residential family pitches for occupation by gypsy and travelling showpersons.

18/01730/FUL 18 Nov 2021

2018 Approved

Greens Acre Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8QB

Permission for gypsy accommodation.

18/03222/PREOT 14 Feb 2019

2016 Approved

Land Adjacent To Westbourne Gypsy Site Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne West Sussex

Change of use of land to a private gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of 2 no. p…

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2016 Approved

Land Adjacent To Westbourne Gypsy Site Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne West Sussex

Change of use of land to a private gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of 2 no. p…

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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

Land South Of Unit 1 Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 3

Statements & assessments 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 2