Planning application
79 Townfield Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior notification for conversion of ground floor commercial unit to 1 no. dwelling (ground floor flat)
As published by the council, reference 26/00508/PA3M
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00508/PA3M
- Type
- Prior Approval CoU A1, A2 to Dwelling C3
- Status
- Unknown
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Loxwood
- Parish
- Kirdford
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RH14 0LT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by Chichester
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23 Apr 2026
Decision issued
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
NJA Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Gatwick
Active · incorporated 2014 · Gatwick
151 applications on PlanIndex · across 19 councils · 72% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- WSCC HIGHWAYS
- CDC SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER
- KIRDFORD PARISH COUNCIL
- HABITATS REGULATION ASSESSMENT ? SCREENING MATRIX
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- APPLICATION FORM
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- LOCATION PLAN AND BLOCK PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat 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 prior approval applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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