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Former Jessie Younghusband School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, PO19 5PA

WSCC/020/26OtherApproved

Approved on 5 November 2026

6 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing modular building and erection of a single storey modular building including some fencing and associated works.

Submitted
28 May 2026
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Jessie Younghusband School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, PO19 5PA. West Sussex has handled 91 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than West Sussex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,440 applications in total for the PO19 postcode area.

100% of all applications at West Sussex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO19 5PA
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chichester
District
Chichester

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: West Sussex

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