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Chichester Art Centre Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DQ

24/01317/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 November 2024

Council decision: PERMITPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Conditions: Change of use to a flexible commercial, educational, cultural and community use including dance studio and ancillary office, use class E(d), class F1(a-f) and F2(b) and associated works including 2 no. additional circular windows on East Elevation - Variation of Conditions 6 and 9 of planning permission CC/21/02511/FUL - Amendment to Dance School hours of operation to allow for this between 0800 - 2200. Amendment to condition 9 to remove requirement that "all doors must be closed" and replace with "one set of doors in the lobby and one set in the main entrance should be closed when music is being played". (Revised Proposal) (Readvertised Application)

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
18
Ward
Chichester West
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 143 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Chichester Art Centre Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DQ. Chichester has handled 2,785 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Rectory Grove conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Chichester West. 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 3DQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2024
Consultation expiry
26 October 2024
Consultation start
3 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 October 2024
Last date for comments
26 October 2024
Target decision date
12 August 2024
Committee meeting
6 November 2024
Permission expires
7 November 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3364106
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 November 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13128672
Documents
239
Constraints
20

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: Church of St BartholomewOn this site · +9 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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