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Chichester: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Chichester District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of WSX. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within West Sussex County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Chichester for 2026–27: £197.80 of a £2,469.68 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 new provision, 1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
- Conifers House School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 5 February 2026
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£4.9 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | £461,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.0 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £10.3 million |
| Planning and development services | £4.4 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.4 million |
| Other services | −£659,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £19.6 million |
Chichester in numbers
- Total population
- 128,934 people
- Median age
- 48 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £32,884
- Gross median weekly pay
- £574
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 23.0%
- Claimant Count
- 3.2%
- Average house price
- £432,078
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 11.8 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 4.2 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 67.3%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 173.0 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 6,880 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
36 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 24, Conservative and Unionist 5, Local Alliance 4, Green Party (E&W) 2, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 36 councillors, by ward
- James Vivian (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester Central
- Bill Brisbane (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester East
- Rhys Chant (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester East
- Jonathan Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester North
- Maureen Corfield (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester North
- Sarah Sharp (Green Party (E&W)) — Chichester South
- Tim Young (Green Party (E&W)) — Chichester South
- Clare Apel (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester West
- Sarah Quail (Liberal Democrats) — Chichester West
- Francis Hobbs (Conservative and Unionist) — Easebourne
- Brett Burkhart (Conservative and Unionist) — Fernhurst
- Eleanora Newbery (Liberal Democrats) — Fernhurst
- John Cross (Liberal Democrats) — Fittleworth
- Henry Potter (Conservative and Unionist) — Goodwood
- Adrian Moss (Liberal Democrats) — Harbour Villages
- Richard Bates (Liberal Democrats) — Harbour Villages
- Stephen Johnson (Liberal Democrats) — Harbour Villages
- Tim O'Kelly (Liberal Democrats) — Harting
- Joseph Brookes-Harmer (Independent / Other) — Lavant
- Charles Todhunter (Liberal Democrats) — Loxwood
- Gareth Evans (Liberal Democrats) — Loxwood
- Dominic Merritt (Liberal Democrats) — Midhurst
- Hannah Burton (Liberal Democrats) — Midhurst
- Charlie Hastain (Liberal Democrats) — North Mundham & Tangmere
- David Betts (Liberal Democrats) — North Mundham & Tangmere
- Harsha Desai (Liberal Democrats) — Petworth
- Steve Boulcott (Local Alliance) — Selsey South
- Timothy Johnson (Local Alliance) — Selsey South
- Donna Johnson (Local Alliance) — Sidlesham with Selsey North
- Val Weller (Local Alliance) — Sidlesham with Selsey North
- Oona Hickson (Liberal Democrats) — Southbourne
- Tracie Bangert (Liberal Democrats) — Southbourne
- Elizabeth Hamilton (Conservative and Unionist) — The Witterings
- Iain Ballantyne (Liberal Democrats) — The Witterings
- Mark Chilton (Liberal Democrats) — The Witterings
- Roy Briscoe (Conservative and Unionist) — Westbourne