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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Carters Way Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BX
Received 18 Jan 2024Land West Of Guildford Road Loxwood West Sussex
Received 18 Jan 2024Downsview 20 South Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8PP
Received 18 Jan 202414 Graydon Avenue Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8RF
Received 18 Jan 2024Chichester College Avenue De Chartres Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SB
Received 18 Jan 2024Rye Cottage West Broyle Drive West Broyle Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PP
Received 19 Jan 2024The Hermitage Batchmere Road Almodington Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LD
Received 18 Jan 2024Hows Den East Bracklesham Drive Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JW
Received 19 Jan 2024Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 19 Jan 2024Spinney Cottage Spinney Lane Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DJ
Received 19 Jan 2024Cove House Smugglers Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QP
Received 22 Jan 2024Beach Hut 23 Tamarisk Walk East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8DL
Received 22 Jan 202435 Kelsey Avenue Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8NG
Received 22 Jan 2024Fair Wind 27 Vincent Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DQ
Received 22 Jan 2024Blackthorn Barn 101B First Avenue Almodington Batchmere West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Received 22 Jan 2024The Ship Inn The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AH
Received 22 Jan 2024Paynes Boatyard Thornham Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DD
Received 22 Jan 202481 Grove Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AP
Received 22 Jan 20245 Malthouse Cottages Rookwood Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QJ
Received 23 Jan 2024Plum Lodge Wellsfield West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LH
Received 23 Jan 2024Rosedale Cottage Arundel Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO18 0DU
Received 23 Jan 2024Paynes Boatyard Thornham Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DD
Received 23 Jan 2024Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 23 Jan 2024Headfoldswood Farm Plaistow Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SX
Received 22 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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