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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.
198 approved · 439 refused · 301 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crab Apple Cottage Lower Hone Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QN
Received 29 Apr 2024Cathedral Business Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EN
Received 29 Apr 2024Travis Perkins Shipton Green Lane West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BZ
Received 29 Apr 2024The Public Jetty The Street Itchenor West Sussex
Received 24 Apr 2024Camber Court Rookwood Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QH
Received 29 Apr 2024Land South Of Farthings Pound Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AJ
Received 29 Apr 2024Springfield Park Merston Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 30 Apr 2024Mallards Pond Road Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HR
Received 30 Apr 2024South Lodge 9 College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PG
Received 30 Apr 2024The Rectory Tower Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QN
Received 30 Apr 2024107 East Beach Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0EZ
Received 30 Apr 2024Fern Cottage 4 Albion Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0DH
Received 30 Apr 2024Fieldside Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HS
Received 30 Apr 202483 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HA
Received 1 May 2024Lindene Guildford Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SE
Received 1 May 2024Henley Croft Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DA
Received 1 May 202483 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HA
Received 1 May 2024The Council House North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LQ
Received 1 May 2024Brisbane Marley Lane Camelsdale Linchmere Haslemere West Sussex GU27 3RF
Received 29 Apr 2024Leggatts Farm Old Park Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8AP
Received 1 May 2024Land At Stubcroft Farm Stubcroft Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PJ
Received 1 May 2024Land At Stubcroft Farm Stubcroft Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PJ
Received 1 May 2024Little Copse Westlands Estate Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HJ
Received 1 May 2024Treetops 12 Howard Avenue West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EU
Received 2 May 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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