Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

This site has had 6 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.

• 26/01806/DOM Awaiting decision

  Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  Proposed single/two storey rear extension, new porch, replacement of existing windows and doors, new boundary wall, revised vehicle entrance, demolition of existing garage and construction of open car barn - (Variation of Condition 2 (Decided Plans) of Planning Permission BI/26/00653/DOM to make alterations to fenestration).

  Submitted 17 Aug 2026 Householder
• 26/01282/DOC Granted

  Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  Discharge of condition 3 (Sample panel for inspection) of permission 26/00653/DOM.

  Decided 26 Jun 2026 Conditions
• 26/01061/ELD Refused

  Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  Application seeks to confirm the lawfulness of established residential use of Owl Cottage, located within the curtilage of Kingfisher Cottage as an independent, self-contained residential dwelling, under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

  Decided 7 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00653/DOM Granted

  Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  Proposed single/two storey rear extension, new porch, replacement of existing windows and doors, new boundary wall, revised vehicle entrance, demolition of existing garage and construction of open car barn.

  Decided 14 May 2026 Householder
• 25/02753/ELD Awaiting decision

  Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  Existing lawful development certificate for the continued use of building (known as Oak Cottage) as a residential self-contained dwelling.

  Submitted 13 Nov 2025 Lawful development

1. 29 Sep 2026

   Received by South Downs National Park

2. 8 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 24 November 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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 householder applications in a median of 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  26/00653/DOM Submitted 20 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Proposed single/two storey rear extension, new porch, replacement of existing windows and doors, new boundary wall, revised vehicle entrance, demolition of existing garage and construction of open car barn.

  Granted Householder Extension Demolition +1 17 docs
  Small domestic

• Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  26/01806/DOM Submitted 17 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~20 Oct

  Proposed single/two storey rear extension, new porch, replacement of existing windows and doors, new boundary wall, revised vehicle entrance, demolition of existing garage and construction of open car barn - (Variation of Condition 2 (Decided Plans) of Planning Permission BI/26/00653/DOM to make alterations to fenestration).

  Awaiting decision Householder Extension Demolition +1 10 docs
  Small domestic

• Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  26/00653/DOM Submitted 20 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Proposed single/two storey rear extension, new porch, replacement of existing windows and doors, new boundary wall, revised vehicle entrance, demolition of existing garage and construction of open car barn.

  Granted Householder Extension Demolition +1 17 docs
  Small domestic

• Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  25/02753/ELD Submitted 13 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~29 Jan

  Existing lawful development certificate for the continued use of building (known as Oak Cottage) as a residential self-contained dwelling.

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 27 docs
  Domestic

• Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  26/01061/ELD Submitted 12 May 2026 50 yards away

  Application seeks to confirm the lawfulness of established residential use of Owl Cottage, located within the curtilage of Kingfisher Cottage as an independent, self-contained residential dwelling, under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

  Refused Lawful development 57 docs
  Domestic

• Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH

  25/02753/ELD Submitted 13 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Existing lawful development certificate for the continued use of building (known as Oak Cottage) as a residential self-contained dwelling.

  Refused Lawful development 32 docs
  Domestic

• 26/01484/DOM Granted

  128 Gainsborough Drive Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0HH

  Ground floor rear/side extension.

  Received 6 Jul, published by the council 18 Aug 2026 Householder
• 26/02090/DOM Awaiting decision

  97 Maplehurst Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6RP

  Single-storey front extension to enlarge and replace the existing porch, including works to provide a level threshold to assist access.

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Householder
• 26/02054/DOM Awaiting decision

  42 Stockbridge Gardens Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8QT

  Single storey extension to west elevation including porch and single storey extension to north elevation. Includes replacement of garage flat roof with new pitched roof with rooflight.

  Received 24 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Householder
• 26/01690/DOM Granted

  22 Tranquillity Way Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0BF

  Single storey extension to side/rear elevation, new porch to front entrance and wood burner external flue.

  Received 29 Jul, published by the council 10 Aug 2026 Householder
• 26/02037/DOM Awaiting decision

  Parkers Pound Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB

  Removal of existing side and rear extensions and construction of single storey side and two-storey rear extension with 2 no. roof lights. (Variation of condition 2 of permission 26/00477/DOM - increase in roof build-up and corresponding increase in ridge and eaves height of southern extension. Extension of glazed link, amendments to internal layout, fenestration and redecoration of existing timber windows).

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Householder