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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chichester District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
First Floor 46 East Street Chichester PO19 1HX
Received 14 Oct 2021Foxbridge Golf Club Foxbridge Lane Plaistow West Sussex RH14 0LB
Received 14 Sept 2022Ounces Barn Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NP
Received 7 Jun 2023Sycamore Close Fordwater Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PS
Received 29 Jun 2023Flat 6 And 7 Regnum Place Chichester PO19 1DS
Received 11 Jul 2023Flat 6 And 7 Regnum Place Chichester PO19 1DS
Received 11 Jul 2023The Three Crowns Billingshurst Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DX
Received 19 Jul 2023Little Springfield Farm Plaistow Road Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0TS
Received 18 Aug 202317 Wilton Close Bracklesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QY
Received 29 Aug 2023Sheepwash Cottage Ham Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NX
Received 14 Sept 2023Sheepwash Cottage Ham Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NX
Received 14 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To 37 Chalk Lane Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 15 Sept 2023Land West Of Low Place Easthampnett Lane East Hampnett Tangmere West Sussex PO18 0JY
Received 15 Sept 2023New Bury Park Marsh Lane Easthampnett Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO18 0JW
Received 18 Sept 20232 Bristol Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 5EA
Received 18 Sept 2023Middle Furlong Westerton Lane Westerton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PG
Received 25 Sept 202321 Godwin Way Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BW
Received 26 Sept 20233 Vinnetrow Cottages Vinnetrow Road Runcton Chichester West Sussex PO20 1QH
Received 27 Sept 2023Land East Of Manor Road Manor Road Selsey West Sussex
Received 28 Sept 2023Lysander 5 Tangmere Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HW
Received 3 Oct 20233 Upfield Villas Durbans Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DJ
Received 5 Oct 2023Farmfield Nurseries Selsey Road Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1AU
Received 5 Oct 2023Oakwood Business Park Funtington Road East Ashling West Sussex PO18 9AL
Received 5 Oct 2023Land To The Rear Of 26 And 27 Coach Road Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NX
Received 9 Oct 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chichester District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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