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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foxhounds Roundstreet Common Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AN
Received 29 Jan 202422 Belgrave Crescent Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SH
Received 29 Jan 202431 Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 29 Jan 2024Chichester Canal Trust Canal Wharf Chichester West Sussex PO19 8DT
Received 29 Jan 2024Land On The East Side Of Plaistow Road Plaistow Road Kirdford West Sussex
Received 29 Jan 2024Wildfowlers Shore Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QL
Received 30 Jan 2024Wagonswood Loxwood Road Alfold Bars Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QS
Received 29 Jan 2024Hadley House Claypit Lane Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NU
Received 29 Jan 2024The Rosary 2 The Avenue Hambrook Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TY
Received 29 Jan 202411 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD
Received 30 Jan 202429 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QS
Received 30 Jan 2024Myll Lodge Bosham Lane Bosham West Sussex PO18 8HP
Received 31 Jan 2024Greatham Farm Ham Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PA
Received 31 Jan 2024Land North Of 30 To 56 Mill Road Westbourne West Sussex
Received 31 Jan 20245 Meadowland Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0LA
Received 31 Jan 2024Kimlas School Lane Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RZ
Received 31 Jan 2024Park End 4 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HE
Received 31 Jan 2024Land West Of Vergers Village Road Kirdford West Sussex
Received 30 Jan 2024East Hampshire District Council Council Offices Penns Place Petersfield GU31 4EX
Received 30 Jan 202447 Whyke Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 7UT
Received 31 Jan 2024Land South West Of Willets Way Willetts Way Loxwood West Sussex
Received 29 Jan 2024Myll Lodge Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HP
Received 31 Jan 20249 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 1 Feb 20249 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 1 Feb 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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