Care home · Chichester
Dovecote View Chichester
Typical fee here £1,460–£1,780 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Dovecote View Chichester- Address
- Claypit Lane, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO18 0NT
- Run by
- Dovecote View Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 35 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Talisa Challis
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2003 (22 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04993210)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-145057536
An overview of Dovecote View Chichester
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Dovecote View Chichester is based in Chichester, run by Dovecote View Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2026). It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around Chichester; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Dovecote View Chichester over the years
Dovecote View Chichester has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 24 March 2021.
Reading Dovecote View Chichester's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Dovecote View Chichester: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 76% overall.
Around Chichester
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Westhampnett Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
2 of the 20 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Goodwood ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (9 min), a park (4 min), a café (10 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Who the service is for The service supports older people including people living with dementia and people with physical health needs.
- Instead, our findings focus on any areas where the service needs to improve or where we found exceptional practice.
- People told us they felt safe living at the service.
- One person told us, “I think the home is nice and I feel safe here and I get everything that I need.” A relative told us, “I absolutely feel [person] is safe at the home.
Inspected 1 February 2021; report published 24 March 2021. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Likely fees
We estimate Dovecote View Chichester at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), West Sussex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The registered provider
Dovecote View Chichester is run by Dovecote View Limited (company 04993210), incorporated in 2003, 6 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
How the scores break down
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Dovecote View Chichester scores 76%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 3 July 2026, published 10 August 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Past CQC ratings
- Sep 2016
- Apr 2019
- Mar 2021
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 24 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 4 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 9 September 2016
- Inspection report 21 October 2014
- Inspection report 19 February 2014
- Inspection report 16 March 2013
Finding it
- Ward
- Goodwood
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chichester
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PO18 (8)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 10 stops within 600 m
- Shop The Food Warehouse, 760 m (9 min walk)
- Park 300 m (4 min walk)
- Café Costa, 790 m (10 min walk)
- Place of worship St. Peter's, Westhampnett, 140 m (2 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective75% score289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring80% score294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive75% score286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led75% score233 of 317 in West Sussex
As rated by CQC, published 10 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
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Dovecote View Chichester against its area
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 94% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 35 beds it is larger than 61% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 87% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in West Sussex, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Dovecote View Chichester
- Who is the registered provider for Dovecote View Chichester?
- Dovecote View Limited is the registered provider for Dovecote View Chichester.
- How many residents can Dovecote View Chichester take?
- Dovecote View Chichester can take up to 35 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How is Dovecote View Chichester rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does Dovecote View Chichester charge?
- No fee list from Dovecote View Chichester has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- What services is Dovecote View Chichester registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Dovecote View Chichester how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Dovecote View Chichester a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Dovecote View Chichester as a care home, location ID 1-145057536 and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- What is Dovecote View Chichester's address?
- It is at Claypit Lane, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO18 0NT.
- How recent is Dovecote View Chichester's CQC rating?
- 10 August 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Does Dovecote View Chichester support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
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