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Dismissed5 March 20253349664

82A Fletchers Lane , Sidlesham, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 7QG

Planning appeal 3349664 at 82A Fletchers Lane , Sidlesham, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 7QG (Chichester District Council) was dismissed on 5 March 2025 by Inspector Redford R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development in respect to paragraph R.1 of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the GPDO.

the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from the use as an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use (initially defined as class E (g) under the amended Use Class Order)

Authority
Chichester District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Redford R
Postcode
PO20 7QG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development in respect to paragraph R.1 of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the GPDO
  • If the proposal is found to constitute permitted development, whether prior approval would be required in accordance with paragraph R.3(1)(b)

What decided it

Insufficient information was provided to reasonably determine the transport and highways impacts of the proposed change of use with specific regard to Fletchers Lane, making it impossible to consider whether prior approval should be granted.

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