Planning application
Unit 1 Sandlands Court Stocks Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8FZ
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use and extension of the former public house to create a mixed use, comprising a ground floor flexible use (Use Class E) and 7no. self-contained homes (Use Class C3) with various internal and external alterations, associated parking, landscaping and cycle store - (Variation to wording of Condition 22 (Hours of use) of Planning Permission EWB/20/02266/FUL to include use of the commercial unit on the ground floor between the hours of 08:00 and 14:00 on Sunday, bank and other public holidays).
As published by the council, reference 26/01871/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01871/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 26 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- The Witterings
- Parish
- East Wittering And Bracklesham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO20 8FZ
Comment by 6 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on South Downs National Park's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Aug 2026
Received by South Downs National Park
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4 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 October 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.
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Bell Cornwell LLP Agent, registered in Hook
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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