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38 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EL

24/01028/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 January 2025

Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office to 6 no. apartments (use class C3), associated internal alterations and conservation repair works.

Received
7 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Chichester Central
Agent
Meynell Hayes Ltd
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 238 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 38 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EL. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 29 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Cromford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. 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 1EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Consultation expiry
26 June 2024
Consultation start
22 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 June 2024
Last date for comments
19 August 2024
Target decision date
24 July 2024
Permission expires
22 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Meynell Hayes Ltd
Architect profile
MEYNELL HAYES LIMITED
Agent address
Meynell Hayes Ltd The Woodyard Moutheys Lane East Ashling Chichester Chichester PO18 8AA UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12915973
Documents
76
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chichester
  • Listed building: Grade II: 38 South StreetOn this site · +3 more
  • Scheduled monument: Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard StreetNext to the site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    7 May

    Change of use from office to 6 no. apartments (use class C3), associated internal alterations and…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/01028/FUL
  2. 2024
    7 May

    Change of use from office to 6 no. apartments (use class C3), associated internal alterations and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside24/01029/LBC

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