Planning and new building in Chichester
Figures last changed 20 October 2026. House prices for Chichester are on the main Chichester page.
On this page: What is being built near Chichester? · Can I extend or alter a home in Chichester?
What is being built near Chichester?
Land Registry recorded 425 sales of newly built homes in Chichester between January 2022 and August 2026: 178 in 2022, 127 in 2023, 76 in 2024 and 44 in 2025. 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 five sites within 500 metres of a Chichester postcode, with room for about 58 homes; the largest is Land at Police Station, Kingsham Road, Chichester, for 20 homes, without planning permission yet. 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 Chichester?
Usually, within the national limits, but not everywhere: 320 of Chichester's 1,128 postcodes are in conservation areas (Chichester 302 and Graylingwell 18), where homeowners can do less without planning permission. 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 518 buildings within 100 metres of a Chichester postcode, among them 14 at grade I and 33 at grade II*; 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).
Figures cover 1128 postcodes in Chichester. How these figures are made.