Planning application
St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of existing mortuary building.
As published by the council, reference 26/00992/PA11B
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00992/PA11B
- Type
- Prior Approval P11 Demolition
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Ward
- Chichester North
- Parish
- Chichester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- PO19 6SE
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Downs National Park register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026.
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26/01625/FUL Awaiting decision
St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
Extension to existing main hospital building with temporary mobile units, a link corridor and lift to create 2 no. theatres and associated accommodation including recovery rooms and anaesthetic rooms.
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26/00968/FUL Awaiting decision
St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
Installation of solar panels and associated infrastructure.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 May 2026
Received by South Downs National Park
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Downs National Park took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Crowther Associates Architects Agent, an architecture practice
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with South Downs National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Downs National Park decided prior approval applications in a median of 43 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
90% historically approved · decision due ~26 Jun
Demolition of existing mortuary building.
Awaiting decision Prior approval Demolition 16 docs -
St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
81% historically approved · decision due ~22 Jul
Installation of solar panels and associated infrastructure.
Awaiting decision Full applications 66 docs -
St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
81% historically approved · decision due ~2 Nov
Extension to existing main hospital building with temporary mobile units, a link corridor and lift to create 2 no. theatres and associated accommodation including recovery rooms and anaesthetic rooms.
Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 18 docs -
St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
81% historically approved · decision due ~22 Jul
Installation of solar panels and associated infrastructure.
Awaiting decision Full applications 74 docs -
Bewick Gardens Chichester West Sussex
Crown lift by up to 2.5m (above ground level) and reduce 5 no. limbs by 1m on north sector (to create a 0.5m clearance from lamp column) on 1 no. Cherry tree (T1), crown lift by up to 2.5m (above ground level) on north sector on 1 no. Indian Bean tree (T2), remove lower sucker/epicormic growth from base on 5 no. Lime trees (quoted as T007-T011) within Group, G1. All 7 no. trees are subject to CC/00/00334/TPO.
Granted Trees 13 docs -
Bewick Gardens Chichester West Sussex
Crown lift by up to 2.5m (above ground level) and reduce 5 no. limbs by 1m on north sector (to create a 0.5m clearance from lamp column) on 1 no. Cherry tree (T1), crown lift by up to 2.5m (above ground level) on north sector on 1 no. Indian Bean tree (T2), remove lower sucker/epicormic growth from base on 5 no. Lime trees (quoted as T007-T011) within Group, G1. All 7 no. trees are subject to CC/00/00334/TPO.
Granted Trees 13 docs
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