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Tenpin And Air Arena Chichester Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8EL

23/02732/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 April 2024

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of vacant unit to create larger bowling alley. New operating hours of enlarged unit of 08:00 - 00:30 Monday to Sunday inclusive.

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Chichester Central
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided19 Apr

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Tenpin And Air Arena Chichester Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8EL. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Chichester Central. We hold 1,437 applications in total for the PO19 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Chichester District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO19 8EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2024
Consultation expiry
27 February 2024
Consultation start
6 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2024
Last date for comments
29 February 2024
Target decision date
2 May 2024
Permission expires
19 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peacock and Smith
Agent address
Central House 47 St Paul's Street Leeds LS1 1TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12640803
Documents
21
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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