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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198 approved · 439 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchards Selsey Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QX
Received 2 May 2024Dromoland House Main Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RR
Received 2 May 202453 Adelaide Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7NF
Received 2 May 2024Sussex Architectural Salvage Tangmere Corner Arundel Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO18 0DU
Received 2 May 2024Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 2 May 20242 Meadowside Walk Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2WR
Received 2 May 2024Northside The Parade East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8BL
Received 2 May 2024Rumbolds Farm The Street Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0PZ
Received 3 May 2024Annandale 31 James Street Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0JG
Received 3 May 2024Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 3 May 2024Nab View East Bracklesham Drive Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JH
Received 3 May 2024231 - 233 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JD
Received 3 May 20241 - 4 Claytons Corner Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HQ
Received 7 May 2024Windward 1 Longmeadow Gardens Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HP
Received 7 May 2024Land West Of Priory Close Boxgrove West Sussex
Received 7 May 202458 Norwich Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DQ
Received 7 May 2024Crawley 93 Salthill Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3QD
Received 7 May 2024Lockfield Lock Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BB
Received 7 May 2024Lyndhurst Main Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RT
Received 7 May 202438 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EL
Received 7 May 202438 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EL
Received 7 May 2024Avenue Cottage Main Road West Sussex Bosham PO18 8PN
Received 7 May 2024The Royal Chantry Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PX
Received 7 May 2024Land South Of Lowlands North Mundham West Sussex PO20 1EP
Received 7 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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