Planning application
Unit 3 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram West Sussex PO20 7BU
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Existing lawful development certificate for the continued Classes E(a) and E(g) use of Unit 3 Premier Business Park in breach of Condition 2 of planning permission BI/07/03950/COU.
As published by the council, reference 25/02812/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02812/ELD
- Type
- Existing Lawful Development
- Status
- Refuse
- Decision
- Refused As published: REFUSE
- Received
- 19 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 19 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- Birdham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO20 7BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Nov 2025
Received by Chichester
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13 Jan 2026
Decision issued: REFUSE
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Enforcement: 25/00101/CONBC (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- SITE NOTICE PHOTOS
- CHICHESTER HARBOUR CONSERVANCY
- BIRDHAM PARISH COUNCIL
- HABITATS REGULATION ASSESSMENT ? SCREENING MATRIX
- APPLICATION FORM
- COVERING LETTER
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- DOCUMENT 01: CREDOWAN UNIT 3
- DOCUMENT 02: CREDOWAN DIRECTORS REPORT
- DOCUMENT 03: COBHAM ANNOUNCEMENT 04 MARCH 2014
- DOCUMENT 04: COBHAM NOTICE OF VACATION
- DOCUMENT 06: PREMIER LEASE UNIT 3 2015
- DOCUMENT 08: PREMIER LEASE EXTENSION 2020
- DOCUMENT 10: STOWAWAY BIKES LEASE UNIT 3
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
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Chichester refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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