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Chichester District Council has served an injunction on a site near Lurgashall, in the South Downs National Park, following unauthorised engineering operations and the presence of caravans on the land.

We know that you may have questions about the recent unauthorised building work at a site in Lurgashall, and so we have prepared some frequently asked questions that we hope will help.

Our offices will be closed from 4pm on Friday 23 May 2025 and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 27 May 2025. We hope you have a lovely bank holiday.

Chichester District Council has launched a new online booking system for its trusted and independent MOT service.

Homelessness is an issue across the country - and the district is no different.

Further work to find out more about Chichester's Norman Castle will take place during an archaeological dig later this month.

Vintage motorcycle riders from across West Sussex will gather in Chichester city centre at the finish of an annual charity ride on Sunday 18 May.

A psychoanalyst who fled Nazi Germany, a suffragist fighting for women rights and an award-winning author will be just a few of the of the fascinating individuals to be included in a major women's history exhibition being planned by The Novium Museum thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

None of us like littering, fly tipping and dog fouling, and that is why, with your help, we have been working hard to make sure that our area continues to be one of the most beautiful places to live and work in the country.

In 1924, Queen Mary visited the Shippam's factory in Chichester and left with an unusual royal gift — one of a series of miniature jars of Anchovy Paste, specially made for display in her famous dolls house. Over a century later, The Novium Museum is on the hunt to track one down.

Our offices will be closed from 4pm on Friday 2 May 2025 and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 6 May 2025. We hope you have a lovely bank holiday.