Planning application
Batchmere Lodge 95 First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
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 change of use of former stable building to dwelling.
As published by the council, reference 26/00043/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00043/ELD
- Type
- Existing Lawful Development
- Status
- Refuse
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 4 Mar 2026
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- Earnley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO20 7LQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by Chichester
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4 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- EMAIL TO AGENT -
- HABITATS REGULATION ASSESSMENT ? SCREENING MATRIX
- APPLICATION FORM
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - KIRSTY TURNER
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - NICK PAUL
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - NIKKY ANDERSON
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- SCOTTISH POWER ACCOUNT DETAILS
- PORTSMOUTH WATER ACCOUNT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
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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