Planning application
Beach South Of Lapwings West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU
Relates to 25/02765/FUL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), 5 (Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan), 6 (CEMP details), 7 (Landscape and planting scheme), 8 (Exclusion fencing details) to planning permission WW/25/02765/FUL.
As published by the council, reference 26/01651/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01651/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 24 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- West Wittering
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO20 8AU
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Downs National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/02765/FUL Awaiting decision
Beach South Of Lapwings West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU
Beach management works involving removal of existing fencing and sand traps; reshaping and re-contouring of sand; replanting/planting of marram grass; and temporary fencing to allow sand and grass to establish.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jul 2026
Received by South Downs National Park
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3 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Sep 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Downs National Park took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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25/02765/FUL Awaiting decision
Beach South Of Lapwings West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU
Beach management works involving removal of existing fencing and sand traps; reshaping and re-contouring of sand; replanting/planting of marram grass; and temporary fencing to allow sand and grass to establish.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Smith Simmons & Partners Ltd Agent, registered in Chichester
Active · incorporated 2017 · Chichester
158 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 86% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- EMAIL TO AGENT 25/8/26 - WSCC HIGHWAYS
- CDC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 24.08.2026
- CDC ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
- PLANT SCHEDULE
- PLANT SCHEDULE
- DETAIL PLANTING PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM
- HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN
- PROTECTIVE FENCING LAYOUT AND DETAILED DRAWING
- DETAILED PLANTING PLAN
- ADDITIONAL CEMP INFORMATION
- COVERING LETTER
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with South Downs National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Downs National Park decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 50 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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