Fourth planning permission submission

Our fourth major planning application submitted in the past two months!!

We are extremely pleased to announce that we have today made a significant contribution towards Chichester’s emerging Local Plan with the submission of an Outline Planning Application for a residential-led mixed use development of up to 370 dwellings, including an element of affordable housing; together with a neighbourhood centre (comprising flexible units suited to Use Class E, Sui Generis uses, community uses and residential care home), land for a two form entry primary school, open space, allotments, footpaths, cycleways, associated landscaping, utilities and drainage infrastructure, and associated infrastructure and groundworks with all matters reserved except for access junctions to the B2144.

The site comprises the eastern part of draft Strategic Site Allocation A8 - Land East of Chichester, as identified in the draft Chichester Local Plan 2021-2039 (January 2023)

The proposals are the product of several years’ engagement with planning officers at Chichester District Council and extensive community engagement. We are now also looking forward to building on this extensive amount of work with an agreed Planning Performance Agreement with the Council to progress with the determination of the application.

This has been a team effort from all in the Land and Planning Teams, with special mention to Stephanie Walker, DWD, Carter Jonas, Aspect Ecology Ltd., Glanville Consultants Ltd, fabrik, RSK Group, Local Dialogue, Quod, Savills, Green Tiger Sustainability Ltd, i-Transport, Tetra Tech, Visual Jjam, DFL-UK. Out thanks also to Lynne Evans on behalf of the landowners and to 39 Essex Chambers.

Obsidian are very acquisitive and the land team would be pleased to speak anyone who can introduce commercial and residential land opportunities. Iain Welsh, Peter Ryan, Northern Region Jake Sprague, South West and Anthony Madden, Central and Eastern and Anna Page, South East.