Public Notice Portal round-up: Homes conversions planned at Angmering workshop, Littlehampton industrial unit and Arundel general store

Historic barns: Landscaping supplier Eurogreen Evironmental has made a retrospective planning application for listed building consent for changes to historic farm barns on the lower slopes of Highdown Hill.

Internal alterations have been made, as well as wall repairs, replacement guttering and replacement doors at North Barn Farm, Titnore Lane, Worthing.

The deadline for comments to be made to the South Downs National Park Authority is November 26.

In the design, access and heritage statement, historic building consultants Ian Wightman explains the aim is to regularise internal alterations, which have subdivided the Grade II listed barns to provide offices and workspaces.

“These changes have been necessary to give the farm buildings a new use after no longer being required for agricultural purposes,” it adds.

There is a courtyard of barns alongside an area of land that was formerly a chalk pit. The main barn is a former threshing barn and the other two were cart barns, converted into commercial units. Permission for internal alterations to provide toilets and enclose a plant room and store was given retrospectively in April 1996.

Ian Wightman states: “The plans do not show any proposals to sub-divide the buildings into individual spaces which is part of the reason why this application is being submitted.”

Studio conversion: Plans to change the use of a detached studio workshop in Angmering to a single, self-contained home have been submitted to Arun District Council.

Applicant Philip Jones, of Conyers, Church Road, says limited works are proposed for his Little Conyers Studio Workshop.

Alterations have already been made to the frontage, with permission. The former garage door has been replaced with a door and window.

Mr Jones states: “In this application, I seek only the change of use to a separate dwelling. The limited internal works include a bath in the bathroom and enhancement of the kitchen area.

“I am retaining the first-floor / mezzanine arrangement and the existing ventilation; I propose no new external vents, flues, openings, extensions, roofing changes or other visible external works.”

Comments to be made by November 26.

Revised plans: Plans to turn an industrial unit in Littlehampton into six flats have been updated after the initial proposal was refused over concerns about its impact on the conservation area and neighbouring homes.

Lucas Carter Ltd has made the application to Arun District Council for 6A and 7A Selborne Road and 25B and 25C Western Road. The site is identified as a building of character

The previous plans, which included a first-floor extension and solar panels, were refused in April, partly due to concerns about the impact on the Littlehampton Seafront Conservation Area.

The new plans are to divide the ground floor and extend the first floor by lowering the flat roof and raising the walls over the industrial unit.

Arun Conservation Area Advisory Panel says it accepts the principle of change of use to residential but it feels the proposed design fails to reflect the industrial heritage of the existing unit.

Comments to be made by November 26.

Hotel signs: Signage for the new Premier Inn being built in Littlehampton are detailed in a new planning application made to Arun District Council.

The details show four freestanding post and panel directional signs, four internally-illuminated vertical building signs, two internally-illuminated fascia entrance signs and two internally-illuminated projecting roundel signs.

The application from Whitbread Group highlights various points on the new hotel site, on land off Anchor Springs.

Comments to be made by November 26.

Listed building: Plans to turn the historic Sparks Yard building in Arundel into a single four-bedroom home have been submitted to Arun District Council.

The Grade II listed building at 18 Tarrant Street dates back to around 1880 and was originally used as a furniture warehouse for Charles Sparks and his associated business.

The property has a red-brick exterior and a traditional slate roof and has been empty since January 2019, after the independent shop, Sparks Yard, closed.

The application seeks to change the ground floor from commercial use to residential and bring the entire building together as one home.

The plans include restoring the traditional Victorian door at the entrance, converting the existing lean-to to create a garage and storage space, alongside wider restoration works.

Comments to be made by November 26.

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