Kokoro restaurant approved in Chichester

Plans for a Korean-Japanese restaurant in Chichester have been approved this week.
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The North Street site, between Robert Dyas and St Olav Christian Bookshop, is set to be turned into Kokoro — a takeaway Korean-Japanese restaurant.

The plans include redecorating the shop front and to install a kitchen extraction system (20/02325/FUL).

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Changes to the outside the of the front of the building are expected to be minimal and will include a new fascia panel and new signage.

North Street Chichester. Picture via Google StreetviewNorth Street Chichester. Picture via Google Streetview
North Street Chichester. Picture via Google Streetview

At the rear of the building, the company will install a kitchen ventilation system.

Part of the heritage statement of the application reads: "It has been found that the proposed development would sustain the significance of 81 North Street, while introducing a viable and sustainable use to the ground floor of the building.

"The proposals would also restore an active frontage to an important part of the conservation area and enhance the significance of nearby listed buildings, which benefit from their experience as a group along North Street.

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"Overall, it is considered that the proposed development accords with all local and national planning policy relating to conservation of the historic environment."

The company's other West Sussex sites include Horsham and Crawley.

A decision notice from Chichester District Council said: "The local planning authority has acted positively and proactively in determining this application by identifying matters of concern within the application (as originally submitted) and negotiating, with the applicant, acceptable amendments to the proposal to address those concerns.

"As a result, the local planning authority has been able to grant planning permission for an acceptable proposal, in accordance with the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out within the national planning policy framework."