Planning application
Unit 4 Portfield Trade Centre 65 - 68 Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8NS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use to allow flexible permission for either Use Class B8 with trade counter use and/or Use Class E(a) use for the sale of bulky retail goods and/or or a retail showroom.
As published by the council, reference 26/00443/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00443/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 24 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 24 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Chichester South
- Parish
- Chichester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO19 8NS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Feb 2026
Received by Chichester
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 April 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 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Littlehampton
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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13 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Chichester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chichester decided full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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Unit 4 Portfield Trade Centre 65 - 68 Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8NS
81% historically approved · decision due ~21 Apr
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Awaiting decision Full applications 13 docs -
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