Planning application
Ambassador House Crane Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1TP
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use from Class E (office use) to 4 no. Class C3 (residential flats)
As published by the council, reference 26/01331/PA3MA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01331/PA3MA
- Status
- Unknown
- Received
- 17 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Chichester Central
- Parish
- Chichester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO19 1TP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jun 2026
Received by Chichester
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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23 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Pending Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 August 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- NUTRIENT NEUTRALITY STATEMENT
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMENT
- WSCC HIGHWAYS
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Chichester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chichester's median decision took 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Chichester's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
Nearby applications
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Ambassador House Crane Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LL
Prior Approval - proposed change of use from Class E (office use) to Class C3 (residential flats) under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). 4 no. Net increase in dwellinghouses.
Withdrawn Prior approval New dwelling 13 docs -
Ambassador House Crane Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LL
Prior Approval - proposed change of use from Class E (office use) to Class C3 (residential flats) under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). 4 no. Net increase in dwellinghouses.
Withdrawn Prior approval New dwelling 14 docs -
Ambassador House Crane Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1TP
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Change use from office (Use Class E(g)(i)) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and associated internal works.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 13 docsDomestic -
2 Chapel Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BU
Change use from office (Use Class E(g)(i)) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and associated internal works.
Refused Full applications 29 docsDomestic -
2 Chapel Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BU
Change use from office (Use Class E(g)(i)) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and associated internal works.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 13 docsDomestic