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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Sherborne Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 3AD
Received 24 Jan 2024Waverley Borough Council The Burys Godalming GU7 1HR
Received 22 Jan 2024Glebe House Church Road West Thorney Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DS
Received 24 Jan 2024First And Second Floors 36A East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HS
Received 24 Jan 202457 Basin Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8PX
Received 24 Jan 2024Amery Wellsfield West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LH
Received 24 Jan 2024Herongate 53 Grosvenor Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8RT
Received 24 Jan 2024Bishops Palace Garden Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PY
Received 24 Jan 2024British Heart Foundation St Peters House 64 North Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 24 Jan 2024Willow House 8 Stumps End Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RB
Received 25 Jan 2024Boundary Wall Between 85, 87 And 89 Fishbourne Road West Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JJ
Received 25 Jan 2024Little Alnwick Byways Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0HY
Received 25 Jan 202428 Garsons Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8HJ
Received 25 Jan 2024Hollands Heath Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JU
Received 25 Jan 2024Hollands Heath Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JU
Received 25 Jan 2024Spinnaker Main Road Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HU
Received 25 Jan 2024Halnaker House Park Lane Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0QW
Received 26 Jan 2024Woodpeckers 10 Pond Close Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SH
Received 26 Jan 20246 Butts Meadow Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BU
Received 26 Jan 2024East Hampshire District Council Council Offices Penns Place Petersfield GU31 4EX
Received 25 Jan 2024Moorings Shipton Green Lane West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BZ
Received 26 Jan 20241 The Square Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HT
Received 26 Jan 2024Tingles 12 The Crescent West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EE
Received 26 Jan 202433 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 26 Jan 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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