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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.
200 approved · 441 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bill House Rest Home 98 Grafton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0JA
Received 17 May 2024The Bill House Rest Home 98 Grafton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0JA
Received 17 May 2024New Bury Farm Marsh Lane Easthampnett Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO18 0JW
Received 17 May 20242 Guildford Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DU
Received 17 May 2024Elgin Court 3 Stirling Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 17 May 2024Royston 53 Clayton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DF
Received 17 May 2024Road Verge West Of 1-5 March Square Chichester West Sussex PO19 5AN
Received 17 May 2024East View Woodmancote Lane Woodmancote Emsworth Hampshire PO10 8RE
Received 20 May 202414A Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 20 May 202456 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AU
Received 20 May 2024Land North West Of 139 Main Road Southbourne West Sussex
Received 20 May 2024114 Cedar Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 3EN
Received 20 May 20247 Dukes Cottages Tangmere Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HB
Received 20 May 2024St James Industrial Estate Westhampnett Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7JU
Received 20 May 2024Paynes Boatyard Thornham Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DD
Received 20 May 20243 Strides Court Birdham Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8TD
Received 20 May 2024Land South Of Lowlands North Mundham West Sussex
Received 20 May 2024South Downs National Park Authority South Downs Centre North Street Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9DH
Received 15 May 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 May 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 May 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 May 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 May 2024Old Allotment Site Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 May 2024Chichester Food Park Runcton Unit Chichester Food Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1NW
Received 21 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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