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Council funding: how Chichester is funded and what it spends · all councils

Chichester, in numbers

Chichester: a typical home costs £432,000, 47% above the England average.

Chichester local authority area (the whole council area, not the built-up city alone) · average home price, July 2026 · compared with the England average for the same month.

Typical private rent is £1,333 a month, 9% below the England average (August 2026).

Housing costs, access to services and planned development affect different parts of this city, coast and rural district differently.

The population rose from 106,494 in 2001 to 130,224 in 2025.

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The short version

Homes over 30 years · Chichester district

A typical sale rose from £75,000 to £430,000.

Year ending Mar 1996 to year ending Mar 2026. These are cash prices: inflation accounts for part of the rise.

That shows the scale of the housing change. Affordability also depends on local pay, deposits and borrowing costs.

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0232,200464,400Mar 1996Mar 2026
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Median home sale price in Chichester district · £
PeriodValue
Mar 199675,000
Mar 199778,275
Mar 199889,500
Mar 199997,500
Mar 2000115,000
Mar 2001133,500
Mar 2002147,000
Mar 2003177,500
Mar 2004210,000
Mar 2005229,000
Mar 2006233,998
Mar 2007245,000
Mar 2008250,000
Mar 2009249,000
Mar 2010246,000
Mar 2011270,000
Mar 2012260,000
Mar 2013271,000
Mar 2014280,000
Mar 2015299,475
Mar 2016322,975
Mar 2017350,000
Mar 2018365,000
Mar 2019360,000
Mar 2020365,000
Mar 2021410,000
Mar 2022400,000
Mar 2023427,500
Mar 2024415,000
Mar 2025420,000
Mar 2026430,000

Pressures—and what could help

Weakness · Chichester district

Housing pressure reaches beyond house prices

Nightly-paid temporary accommodation held 106 households in June 2026. This is one part of temporary accommodation, not all homelessness.

The district also reported 160 affordable homes enabled in 2025/26 against a target of 167. Supply and immediate housing need require separate measures.

Evidence and related projects

Average home price: £432,000 · July 2026 · Chichester district. Buying a home remains a substantial cost. Provisional, not seasonally adjusted; district average, not a city valuation.

Average monthly rent: £1,333 · August 2026 · Chichester district. Average rent rose from £1,294 in August 2025 to £1,333 in August 2026: £39 more each month, or £468 over a year at that monthly difference. Covers the private rental market, not just newly advertised lets; individual rents vary.

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Threat · Chichester district

Growth needs working water infrastructure

Housing delivery must keep pace with wastewater capacity and protection of the harbour.

Capacity, nutrient pollution and water supply are different constraints. Their boundaries differ; a district-wide label can mislead.

Evidence and related projectsSouthern Gateway and the station →Wastewater treatment capacity →

Weakness · Chichester district

District totals can conceal local changes

Police neighbourhood trends differ within Chichester. City-centre activity cannot be inferred from the district average.

Published police locations are approximate and omit unmapped incidents. Counts do not measure every crime or the risk to an individual.

Evidence and related projects
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Your neighbourhood has its own story

21 electoral wards. Compare homes, health, qualifications and mapped crime, with each measure’s date kept visible.

Chichester CentralChichester EastChichester NorthChichester SouthChichester WestEasebourneFernhurstFittleworthGoodwoodHarbour VillagesHartingLavantLoxwoodMidhurstNorth Mundham & TangmerePetworthSelsey SouthSidlesham with Selsey NorthSouthbourneThe WitteringsWestbourne
Electoral wards · May 2026. Police neighbourhoods and parishes are different boundaries.

Plans worth following

Proposed · evidence dated 2026-10-16

Southern Gateway and the station

A long-running plan to reconnect the station and canal with homes, workplaces and public space. The latest annual report still lists feasibility and options work.

Station, Southgate and Canal Basin · District council, county council and landowners

Latest evidence: Planning and feasibility. A long-running plan to reconnect the station and canal with homes, workplaces and public space. The latest annual report still lists feasibility and options work.

Next thing to check: Approved site designs, transport arrangements, funding and contracts.

Funding, expected benefit and evidence

Budget: No project-specific total verified

What success would mean: Completed homes and useful public space; safer and easier journeys.

A stated aim is not proof that the benefit has happened.

Local area connection

The council’s post-2019 boundary-change appointment-of-developer decision explicitly identifies Chichester South as the affected ward.

Historic official ward association only. The present multi-site programme may have wider effects; this is not a full site-boundary overlay.

Chichester South →

Southern Gateway: appointment of development partner ↗ · checked 2026-10-17

Proposed · evidence dated 2026-10-16

Innovation hub

The council is testing demand and viability for another business hub.

City; site not confirmed · District council and business partners

Latest evidence: Feasibility. The council is testing demand and viability for another business hub.

Next thing to check: Published options appraisal and business case.

Funding, expected benefit and evidence

Budget: No project-specific total verified

What success would mean: Occupancy, sustainable jobs and business survival after opening.

A stated aim is not proof that the benefit has happened.

Local area connection

No defensible current ward association established in this review.

Site not confirmed in the retained project evidence; no ward allocated.

Projects agreed for 2026 ↗ · checked 2026-10-16

Annual Report 2025–26 ↗ · checked 2026-10-16

Proposed · evidence dated 2026-10-16

White Pavilion repairs

Architects were appointed to cost three repair options.

Priory Park · District council

Latest evidence: Design. Architects were appointed to cost three repair options.

Next thing to check: Chosen option, budget and works timetable.

Funding, expected benefit and evidence

Budget: No project-specific total verified

What success would mean: Building reopened and usable by clubs.

A stated aim is not proof that the benefit has happened.

Local area connection

The 2025 council ward report places Priory Park in Central ward; the project is identified as a pavilion within Priory Park.

Park association, not a surveyed pavilion footprint or a claim that only this ward benefits.

Chichester Central →

Chichester City Council supporting papers, 25 June 2025: Central ward report ↗ · checked 2026-10-17

Projects agreed for 2026 ↗ · checked 2026-10-16

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