Planning decisions in Chichester

How long Chichester takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,862 decisions it made in the twelve months to September 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.

51 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 57 from receipt
82%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 94% within thirteen
91%approved (UK 90%): 1,514 approved, 155 refused, 106 withdrawn
125 of 388UK rank for speed, up 63 places on last year; 210 of 388 for approvals
056 October 2025: 56 days, 170 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 57 days, 180 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 57 days, 166 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 62 days, 137 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 62 days, 118 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 57 days, 159 decisionsMarApril 2026: 53 days, 151 decisionsAprMay 2026: 58 days, 148 decisionsMayJune 2026: 58 days, 159 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 58 days, 166 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 60 days, 142 decisionsAugSeptember 2026: 61 days, 166 decisionsSept
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (54 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Householder applications5389%95%38546 of 200
Discharge of conditions5074%93%363115 of 310
Tree works4491%over 99%294230 of 324
Full applications5564%79%26569 of 359
Amendments5282%90%144233 of 356
Listed building consent5382%96%10931 of 307
Lawful development certificates5196%85%104147 of 348
Prior approvals4593%73%101303 of 340
Advertisement consent5185%85%2966 of 320
Section 106 and planning obligations *9939%94%2224 of 29

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5191%1,832
Planning committee1%21085%13

Where the register states how the decision was made. 17 decisions did not say.

Appeals

63 appeals against Chichester decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 41 for every 100 refusals; 22% were allowed. Every appeal in Chichester.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *6630%88%137
2017 *7714%88%166
2018 *8714%84%47
2019 *7018%97%36
2020 *5657%98%335
2021 *5849%82%89
2022 *8818%88%36
2023 *9218%83%43
2024 *5652%62%96
2025 *4570%77%101
2026 so far5847%90%1,346

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Chichester's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Chichester, appeals, or get alerts for Chichester.

About these figures

How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.