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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Turnbull Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LY
Received 21 Dec 20231 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HE
Received 21 Dec 202320 Whyke Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7AN
Received 20 Dec 202319 Whyke Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7AN
Received 20 Dec 2023Land South Of 63 Street End Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RG
Received 21 Dec 2023Howick Farm Scratching Lane Kirdford Petworth West Sussex GU28 9JY
Received 21 Dec 2023Kirdford Village Hall Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0ND
Received 22 Dec 2023Roseglen The Lane Ifold Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0UL
Received 22 Dec 2023Marine Management Organisation Lancaster House Hampshire Court Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 7YH
Received 21 Dec 2023Old Haven The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AN
Received 22 Dec 2023Land South Of 22 Chalk Lane Chalk Lane Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 21 Dec 2023Land To South Of Bracklesham Lane Car Park Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chicheter PO20 8JH
Received 22 Dec 2023Creek House Shore Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QL
Received 21 Dec 20231 Cowdry Cottages Sidlesham Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QW
Received 22 Dec 202311 Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NP
Received 22 Dec 20231 The Grange Woodmancote Lane Woodmancote Emsworth PO10 8UX
Received 22 Dec 2023Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 2024Victoria Court 22 St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7GD
Received 2 Jan 2024Land West Of Guildford Road Loxwood West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 2024Woldhurst Court Runcton Lane Runcton West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 2024Land South West Of 120 To 134 Longley Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 2024Summer House Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JA
Received 2 Jan 2024Land East Of Rownberts Woodmancote Lane Woodmancote Emsworth Hampshire PO10 8RD
Received 21 Dec 2023Amberley Kennels Limited Woodmancote Lane Woodmancote Emsworth Chichester Hampshire PO18 8UL
Received 2 Jan 2024Records 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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