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

25/02863/PA3MAPrior Approval CoU Class E to DwellingC3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 January 2026

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 14 no. residential dwellings (use class c3).

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Chichester Central
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 55 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 55 days. 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
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2025
Last date for comments
31 December 2025
Target decision date
23 January 2026
Permission expires
22 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
CarneySweeney
Agent address
Scott House, Office 3.01 Suite 1, The Concourse Waterloo Station London SE1 7LY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14487286
Documents
46
Constraints
24

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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    28 Nov

    Change of use from commercial (use class e) to 14 no. residential dwellings (use class c3).

    This applicationApprovedOutline25/02863/PA3MA
  2. 2025
    28 Nov

    External alterations to include removal of external stairway, installation of balustrades, and fenestration…

    PendingFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/02864/FUL

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