Planning and new building in Bosham
Figures last changed 20 October 2026. House prices for Bosham are on the main Bosham page.
On this page: What is being built near Bosham? · Can I extend or alter a home in Bosham? · Are new houses being built in Bosham?
What is being built near Bosham?
Land Registry has recorded no sales of newly built homes in Bosham between January 2022 and August 2026. New estates take several months to appear in its records, and their new postcodes longer, so homes finished this year may not show yet. Chichester District Council's brownfield land register (last updated December 2024) lists no site within 500 metres of its postcodes; it covers land that has been built on before, not fields. Where new homes go is set by Chichester District Council's local plan, the Local Plan 2021 to 2039, adopted in August 2025; a new one is being prepared.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Brownfield land registers (planning.data.gov.uk) · Local plans (planning.data.gov.uk) · How to check a new estate's drainage.
Can I extend or alter a home in Bosham?
Within tighter limits than in much of England: 88 of Bosham's 122 postcodes are in the Bosham conservation area or Chichester Harbour National Landscape, where homeowners can do less without planning permission. Of those, the Bosham conservation area covers 20 and the National Landscape 88, and some postcodes are in more than one. There, an extension to the side, a back extension of more than one storey, a loft extension that adds to the roof and cladding the outside all need planning permission. Historic England lists 53 buildings within 100 metres of a Bosham postcode, among them the grade I Parish Church of the Holy Trinity; any work that changes a listed building's character, inside or out, needs listed building consent. Chichester District Council has not published its Article 4 directions or its tree preservation orders to the government's planning data service, so check with it before starting work. In a conservation area, cutting down or pruning a tree above a small size needs six weeks' notice to the council. Flats and maisonettes have no householder permitted development rights. Whether a particular job needs permission depends on the home: the council can say, and a lawful development certificate puts it in writing.
Source: Conservation areas (planning.data.gov.uk, Historic England and councils) · National Landscapes (planning.data.gov.uk, Natural England) · Listed buildings (planning.data.gov.uk, Historic England) · Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance (GOV.UK).
Are new houses being built in Bosham?
Yes. Chichester District Council's Local Plan allocates about 13 hectares at Highgrove Farm, Bosham, for housing (policy A11), and planning permission was granted for 300 homes. Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes are building and selling there as "Highgrove".
Sources: Chichester Local Plan, policy A11 · Barratt Homes: Highgrove. Checked 18 October 2026.
Figures cover 122 postcodes in Bosham. How these figures are made.