Planning application
101C First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval - change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from the use as an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use, as defined in Class E(g) of the Use Classes Order (as amended)
As published by the council, reference 25/02328/PA3R
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02328/PA3R
- Type
- Prior Approval CoU Agric to Flexi
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Decision
- PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED HEREBY PERMITTED
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 24 Nov 2025
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- Earnley
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PO20 7LQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Downs National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01167/FUL Awaiting decision
101C First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Demolition of existing buildings and replacement with new workshop building along with associated hard standing, 17 no. parking bays and 2 no. EV charging points, alternative scheme to that approved under application 25/02328/PA3R.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by South Downs National Park
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24 Nov 2025
Decision issued: PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED HEREBY PERMITTED
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/01167/FUL Awaiting decision
101C First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Demolition of existing buildings and replacement with new workshop building along with associated hard standing, 17 no. parking bays and 2 no. EV charging points, alternative scheme to that approved under application 25/02328/PA3R.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Downs National Park granted permission on 24 November 2025, 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 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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