Planning application
House Of Fraser St Georges House 12 - 18 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QG
Works: New dwelling Demolition
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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.
As published by the council, reference 26/00407/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00407/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 20 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 17 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Chichester Central
- Parish
- Chichester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO19 1QG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Feb 2026
Received by Chichester
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17 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Chichester took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 26/00406/FUL (Pending Consideration)
Who's behind it
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CPC Limited Agent, registered in Glasgow
Active · incorporated 2007 · Glasgow
37 applications on PlanIndex · across 19 councils · 93% granted
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Active · incorporated 2024 · Portsmouth
4 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
70 documents on file for this application
- EXTENSION OF TIME AGREEMENT 17.08.26
- PUBLIC COMMENT 14.06.26
- THE CHICHESTER SOCIETY
- THE CHICHESTER SOCIETY 30.05.26
- THE CHICHESTER SOCIETY 30.05.26
- EXTENSION OF TIME AGREEMENT 12.05.26
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT - ADDITIONAL IMAGES AND PHOTOGRAPHS TO SUPPORT PREVIOUS COMMENTS RECEIVED 15.04.2026
- CCAAC
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT 29.03.2026
- CHICHESTER CITY COUNCIL
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- SOFT LANDSCAPING SPECIFICATIONS PLAN
- EMAIL CORRES WITH AGENT TO 17.03.26
- NE NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY BUDGET CALCULATOR
- EXISTING BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING TOWNHOUSE (51/52 EAST STREET) SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL & BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN SUMMARY - 11TH MARCH 2026
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- PLANTING SCHEDULE
- PLANNING DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY AND RECREATIONAL DISTURBANCE (CHICHESTER HARBOUR SPA)
- NE NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY BUDGET CALC SCREENSHOTS
- STRUCTRUAL CONDITION REPORT
- BNG METRIC (METRIC (BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL SPREADSHEET)
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT (PHASE 1) PART 02 OF 02
- LAND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT (PHASE 1) PART 01 OF 02
- EMAIL FROM AGENT RE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - 27.02.26
- FIRE STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM
- ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- MARKETING LETTER (HOF) - 24.01.26
- EXISTING PHOTOGRAPH - FHF (TOWER STREET)
- EXISTING PHOTOGRAPH 2 - FHF (WEST STREET)
- EXISTING PHOTOGRAPH 1 - FHF (WEST STREET)
- EXISTING PHOTOGRAPH - FHF (CHAPEL STREET)
- EXISTING ELEVATION A (WEST STREET AND ELEVATION B (TOWER STREET)
- EXISTING ELEVATION
- SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN / SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPES GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPES FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPES SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPES THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPES FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED HOUSE TYPES FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD ELEVATIONS A AND B
- PROPOSED NEW BUILD ELEVATIONS C AND D
- PROPOSED ELEVATION E (WEST STREET) AND ELEVATION F (TOWER STREET)
- PROPOSED SECTIONAL ELEVATIONS I-I AND J-J
- PROPOSED SECTIONAL ELEVATIONS G-G AND H-H
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS K AND M. SECTION L-L
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