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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Butts Common Village Road Kirdford West Sussex
Received 8 Feb 2024Lion Place 6 Lion Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LW
Received 15 Feb 2024Lansdale Marine 3 - 4 Marine Works The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AL
Received 15 Feb 202495 East Street Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0BU
Received 15 Feb 2024Western Farm And Eastern Cotttage 1 & 2 Watery Lane Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO19 8XH
Received 15 Feb 202447 East Beach Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0ER
Received 16 Feb 2024Yew Tree Cottage Glasshouse Lane Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LT
Received 16 Feb 2024Yew Tree Cottage Glasshouse Lane Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LT
Received 16 Feb 20249 Washington Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BN
Received 16 Feb 2024Little Rumford 2 Russell Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EF
Received 16 Feb 2024Redfern House Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HP
Received 16 Feb 2024Summer House Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JA
Received 16 Feb 2024Woodlands Rest Hambrook Hill North Hambrook West Sussex
Received 16 Feb 2024Magnolia Cottage The Ride Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0TH
Received 3 Jan 202432 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 20 Feb 202432 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 20 Feb 202431 Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 20 Feb 2024Chichester Festival Theatre Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6AP
Received 19 Feb 202411 Gill Way Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0EX
Received 19 Feb 2024Chichester College Avenue De Chartres Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SB
Received 19 Feb 202418 New Park Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7XH
Received 19 Feb 202417 South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SU
Received 19 Feb 20242 Church Lane Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1AJ
Received 19 Feb 2024Public Conveniences Coastguard Lane West Wittering West Sussex
Received 20 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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