Planning and new building in Chidham and Hambrook
Figures last changed 20 October 2026. House prices for Chidham and Hambrook are on the main Chidham and Hambrook page.
On this page: What is being built near Chidham and Hambrook? · Can I extend or alter a home in Chidham and Hambrook?
What is being built near Chidham and Hambrook?
Land Registry recorded 43 sales of newly built homes in Chidham and Hambrook between January 2022 and August 2026: 18 in 2024 and 25 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 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 Chidham and Hambrook?
Usually, within the national limits, but not everywhere: 21 of Chidham and Hambrook's 80 postcodes are in Chichester Harbour National Landscape, 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 12 buildings within 100 metres of a Chidham and Hambrook postcode, among them one 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. 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 80 postcodes in Chidham and Hambrook. How these figures are made.