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Friars House 52A East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JG

25/01085/PA3MAPrior Approval CoU Class E to DwellingC3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 July 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from commercial (use class E) to residential (use class C3). No. 14 dwellings

Received
1 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Chichester Central
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Friars House 52A East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JG. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. The site is in the Chichester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

89% of outline 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 1JG
Application type
Prior Approval CoU Class E to DwellingC3
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
14
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2025
Consultation expiry
28 May 2025
Consultation start
9 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 May 2025
Last date for comments
30 May 2025
Target decision date
26 June 2025
Permission expires
10 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
CarneySweeney
Agent address
3rd Floor Waterloo House Waterloo Street Birmingham B2 5TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13865513
Documents
53
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Chichester
  • Listed building: Grade II: Keswick HouseOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Scheduled monument: Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard StreetPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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. 2025
    1 May

    Change of Use from commercial (use class E) to residential (use class C3). No. 14 dwellings

    This applicationApprovedOutline25/01085/PA3MA
  2. 2025
    1 May

    External alterations to include removal of external stairway, installation of balustrades, proposed bin…

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/01086/FUL

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