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House Of Fraser St Georges House 12 - 18 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QG

26/00407/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Redevelopment of the former House of Fraser site comprising the creation of four commercial units (Use Class E) along the West Street frontage; demolition of existing buildings to the rear of the site; and the erection of a residential building of up to six storeys (Use Class C3), including the change of use of the upper floors of the retained department store buildings to residential use, the change of use of retained ground floor buildings along Tower Street to residential use, creating in total 87 residential apartments, and the conversion of a storage building on Tower Street to two townhouses (Use Class C3) (overall site total of 89 residential units), together with internal and external alterations, and associated hard and soft landscaping.

Received
20 February 2026
Decision due
12 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chichester Central
Agent
CPC Ltd
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at House Of Fraser St Georges House 12 - 18 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QG. Chichester has handled 388 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

95% of heritage 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 1QG
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
87
Parish
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
CPC Ltd
Agent address
Unit 5 Clovelly Business Park Clovelly Road Southbourne West Sussex PO10 8PW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14615511
Comments
0
Documents
57
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: 15 and 16 West StreetOn this site · +8 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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