Rithe House Harbour Way Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TG
Approved on 7 May 2026
Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a garden building.
- Received
- 25 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chichester District Council
- Ward
- Harbour Villages
- Agent
- Douglas Briggs Partnership
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date11 May
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Rithe House Harbour Way Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TG. Chichester has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Chichester's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Harbour Villages. We hold 1,433 applications in total for the PO18 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
- PO18 8TG
- Application type
- Proposed Lawful Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chidham & Hambrook
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 21 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Douglas Briggs Partnership
- Agent address
- Flintbarns Ham Farm Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8EH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): Chichester Harbour
- SSSI: Chichester Harbour SSSINext to the site
- Special Area of Conservation: Solent MaritimeNext to the site
- Special Protection Area: Chichester and Langstone HarboursNext to the site
- Ramsar wetland: Chichester and Langstone HarboursNext to the site
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 (16)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Chichester
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