Planning Policy Consultations

February 2026:

There are 2 consultations, both running from 12 noon on Friday 20^th February until 23.59 on Sunday 22^nd March.  Both consultations can be found under the “Current Consultations” heading below where you can submit your comments online via the comment points indicated.  

All comments received during the consultation period will be publicly available and identifiable by name and organisation (where applicable). Any personal information will be processed by Chichester District Council in line with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018. More information is available in the Planning Policy Privacy Notice: http://www.chichester.gov.uk/dataprotectionandfreedomofinformation

1. Planning Obligations & Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document Consultation

We have drafted a new Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to provide detailed advice and guidance on the Council’s updated approach for securing affordable housing, infrastructure or financial contributions from developments. 

A new SPD is needed to reflect various changes to local and national policy that affect Section 106 planning obligations and affordable housing, such as the adoption of the Chichester Local Plan 2021-2039, as well as the introduction of First Homes, Biodiversity Net Gain, and Nutrient Neutrality. The new SPD has been prepared to provide clarity on how development proposals will be assessed, how much affordable housing and the types of infrastructure they will be expected to provide.

2. Housing Delivery Statement

The council is seeking views on the Housing Delivery Statement and the Principles contained within it for use as a decision-making tool in the determination of planning applications for new residential development.

This consultation is not a call for sites, and we ask that you do not submit proposals for the development of specific sites. If you wish to discuss a site that you own or are promoting, please submit a request to the pre-application advice service or you may wish to submit the site to the council via the forthcoming call for sites as part of the update to the Land Availability Assessment.

In your response, please make clear which paragraphs or Principle/s you are responding to. We welcome suggestions for specific wording changes.

If you need help accessing the documents, or more information, please contact the Planning Policy Team by email at planningpolicy@chichester.gov.uk, or telephone 01243 785166.

Previous Consultations and Database Update:

Consultation documents related to the old Chichester Local Plan Key Policies 2014-29, and to preparation stages of the recently adopted Chichester Local Plan 2021-2039 have now been archived and removed from this consultation portal.  Documents relating to the Chichester Local Plan 2021-2039 remain available to view on the council web pages, in the Examination Library.

This is in preparation for a database update - we will shortly be contacting everyone on the database without a live representation in the system (i.e. a representation relating to a document still being prepared) to ask if you want us to keep your details and to receive future communications about planning policy and the Local Plan.