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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Graylingwell Hospital College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PQ
Received 5 Mar 2024Ellanore House Ellanore Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AN
Received 6 Mar 2024High Barn Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JS
Received 6 Mar 20243 Tangmere Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HW
Received 6 Mar 2024Land East Of Monk Hill Monks Hill Westbourne West Sussex
Received 4 Mar 2024Hurst Cottage Brewhurst Lane Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RJ
Received 6 Mar 202458 Worcester Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DZ
Received 6 Mar 2024Loxwood Garage Loxwood Road Alfold Bars Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QS
Received 6 Mar 2024Kirdford Village Hall Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0ND
Received 7 Mar 20246 Marine Close West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HG
Received 7 Mar 2024South Downs Planetarium Sir Patrick Moore Building Kingsham Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8RP
Received 7 Mar 2024Police Station 105 Kingsham Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AD
Received 7 Mar 2024Salthouse Martins Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AU
Received 7 Mar 20242A Northgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BA
Received 7 Mar 2024Katrina 26 Garden Avenue Bracklesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HX
Received 8 Mar 2024Dane Croft 3 Danefield Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DA
Received 7 Mar 2024Land To The East Of The B2133 Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AP
Received 6 Mar 2024Batchmere Lodge 95 First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Received 8 Mar 2024Old Manor House Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PW
Received 8 Mar 2024Kirdford Village Hall Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0ND
Received 8 Mar 2024Middle Furlong Westerton Lane Westerton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PG
Received 11 Mar 2024The Bourne Fisher Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1YU
Received 11 Mar 2024Dunhurst Barn Skiff Lane Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AA
Received 11 Mar 2024Communal Land Baytree Close Chichester West Sussex
Received 11 Mar 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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