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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Edes House West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QS
Received 18 Mar 2024Onslow Arms High Street Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RD
Received 18 Mar 2024West Sussex County Council Northleigh House County Hall Tower Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RF
Received 14 Mar 202431 Howard Avenue West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EX
Received 19 Mar 202483 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LQ
Received 19 Mar 2024Garden House The Avenue Chichester West Sussex
Received 19 Mar 2024Greenleas Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DA
Received 19 Mar 2024Temple Bar Junction Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0TH
Received 15 Mar 2024Unit 2 West 66 Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8NS
Received 19 Mar 2024Hobert House 19 The Crescent West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EE
Received 19 Mar 2024Mans Rest Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JF
Received 20 Mar 202414 Graffham Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5AW
Received 20 Mar 2024Land East Of The Spinney Pagham Road Runcton West Sussex PO20 1LD
Received 18 Mar 202446 Halnaker Boxgrove West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 20 Mar 202446 Halnaker Boxgrove West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 20 Mar 20245 & 6 Theatre Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SR
Received 20 Mar 202416 Marine Close West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HG
Received 20 Mar 202483 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LQ
Received 20 Mar 2024Elmfield Creek End Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JS
Received 21 Mar 2024Newells Farm Barn Newells Lane West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DD
Received 21 Mar 2024Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 19 Mar 2024Arun District Council Arun Civic Centre Maltravers Road Littlehampton BN17 5LF
Received 19 Mar 2024Fairways Wellsfield West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LH
Received 21 Mar 2024The Light House Chestnut Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QF
Received 22 Mar 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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