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Beach South Of Lapwings West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU

Awaiting decision Chichester 25/02765/FUL Full Application

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Proposal

Beach management works involving removal of existing fencing and sand traps; reshaping and re-contouring of sand; replanting/planting of marram grass; and temporary fencing to allow sand and grass to establish.

As published by the council, reference 25/02765/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/02765/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
17 Nov 2025
Validated
24 Nov 2025
Ward
The Witterings
Parish
West Wittering
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
PO20 8AU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chichester register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • 26/01651/DOC Awaiting decision

    Beach South Of Lapwings West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), 5 (Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan), 6 (CEMP details), 7 (Landscape and planting scheme), 8 (Exclusion fencing details) to planning permission WW/25/02765/FUL.

    Submitted 24 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Received by Chichester

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 19 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Chichester took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/01651/DOC Awaiting decision

    Beach South Of Lapwings West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), 5 (Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan), 6 (CEMP details), 7 (Landscape and planting scheme), 8 (Exclusion fencing details) to planning permission WW/25/02765/FUL.

    Submitted 24 Jul 2026 Conditions

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Documents

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99 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Chichester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chichester decided full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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    25/02765/FUL Submitted 17 Nov 2025 0m away

    81% historically approved · decision due ~19 Jan

    Beach management works involving removal of existing fencing and sand traps; reshaping and re-contouring of sand; replanting/planting of marram grass; and temporary fencing to allow sand and grass to establish.

    Awaiting decision Full applications 99 docs

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