Planning application
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Existing lawful development certificate to confirm that lawful, material operations have been carried out at the site that comprise lawful implentation of the development permitted under planning permission O/24/02520/OUT through the construction of phase 1A of the authorised development and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 26/00068/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00068/ELD
- Type
- Existing Lawful Development
- Status
- Permit
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permit
- Received
- 12 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 4 Mar 2026
- Ward
- North Mundham And Tangmere
- Parish
- Oving
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO20 1EJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chichester register
This site has had 12 applications since 2025: 5 approved, 3 refused.
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26/00946/DOC Awaiting decision
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of conditions 2 (CEMP) ,3 (Site Level), 7 (Building Materials) and 14 (SUDs) to planning permission 24/02520/OUT.
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26/00668/DOC Refused
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of conditions 4 (surface water) and 14 (SUDS maintenance and management) of permission 24/02520/OUT.
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26/00654/DOC Refused
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of condition 2 (lighting) from planning permission O/24/00754/REM
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26/00655/DOC Refused
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of condition 12 (lighting) from planning permission O/24/02520/OUT
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26/00483/DOC Granted
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Part discharge of condition 6 (ecological enhancements) for the hotel phase only from planning permission O/24/02520/OUT.
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26/00351/DOC Withdrawn
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of condition 7 (materials) from planning permssion O/24/02520/OUT
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26/00017/DOC Granted
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Partial discharge (hotel phase only) of Condition 9 (Noise Mitigation and Management Scheme) and full discharge of Condition 10 (scheme of building envelope design and acoustic performance) of Outline Permission O/24/02520/OUT.
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25/03027/DOC Granted
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of condition 13 (air quality assessment) from planning permission 24/02520/OUT in respect of hotel element of the development.
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25/02923/DOC Granted
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Part discharge of Condition 2 (CEMP) of outline planning permission O/24/02520/OUT relating to hotel site.
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25/02877/DOC Withdrawn
Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Discharge of condition 5 (Energy Strategy) of permission 24/02520/OUT.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jan 2026
Received by Chichester
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4 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Permit
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
James Smith (Planning Law Services) Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Thame
Active · incorporated 2011 · Thame
3 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER SITE PHOTOGRAPHS 17.02.26
- APPLICATION FORM
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Chichester granted permission on 4 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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