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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193 approved · 434 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13A Oving Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7EG
Received 22 Mar 2024Bishops Palace Garden Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex
Received 22 Mar 2024Thessaly Roman Landing West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AL
Received 22 Mar 202432 The Avenue Hambrook Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TY
Received 22 Mar 2024Ingots Chalk Road Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0UD
Received 22 Mar 2024Earnley Place Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JL
Received 20 Mar 2024Pinks Four Bell Lane Birdham West Sussex PO20 7HX
Received 22 Mar 202422 Stirling Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7DS
Received 20 Mar 2024Springfield Park Merston Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 22 Mar 2024Springfield Park Merston Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 22 Mar 2024Springfield Park Merston Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 22 Mar 202418 Fairfield Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JH
Received 22 Mar 2024Porthole Barn Ham Lane Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 22 Mar 202482A Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG
Received 25 Mar 2024Land And Buildings South Of Little Willow Hunston Road Hunston West Sussex
Received 25 Mar 2024Bahati 14 Oakfield Avenue East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8BU
Received 25 Mar 202451 Grafton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0JE
Received 25 Mar 2024Land Between Beach Road/Kingsway And The Coast Including Car Park And Play Area And Land Adj Lagoon Cottage
Received 25 Mar 2024Land Between Kingsway And Selsey Beach Adjacent To Selsey Lifeboat Station
Received 25 Mar 2024Aldi Unit B Barnfield Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 7AG
Received 25 Mar 2024Aldwick House Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JF
Received 25 Mar 2024The Haven Shore Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HZ
Received 21 Mar 20244 Barker Close Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BJ
Received 22 Mar 2024Bridge Courtyard Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PP
Received 26 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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