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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200 approved · 441 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Natures Way Food Park Farm Barn Chichester Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9HP
Received 21 May 2024Unit 4 Chichester Food Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1NW
Received 21 May 2024Summerheys Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW
Received 17 May 2024Unit 4 Chichester Food Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1NW
Received 21 May 2024Ellanore House Ellanore Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AN
Received 21 May 2024Keepers Cottage Tinwood Lane Eartham Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NF
Received 22 May 20241 Vincent Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DJ
Received 22 May 202419 Highland Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QX
Received 22 May 2024The Old Studio Whitechimney Row Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8RA
Received 22 May 2024Road Verge West Of 171 To 174 Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 22 May 2024Land East Of 5 To 27 St Pauls Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 22 May 2024Leofric Cottage Delling Close Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8NP
Received 22 May 202428 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LX
Received 22 May 202428 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LX
Received 22 May 2024Velvet Strand East Bracklesham Drive Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JH
Received 22 May 2024The Chantry Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PZ
Received 17 May 2024The Deanery Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PX
Received 17 May 20244 Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PX
Received 17 May 2024The Treasury Suites Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PX
Received 17 May 20244 Vicars Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PT
Received 17 May 2024Land Adjacent To The Bell Tower West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1RP
Received 17 May 20247 Winden Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 7UZ
Received 22 May 2024Burnes Shipyard Westbrook Field Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LJ
Received 22 May 202457 Plainwood Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5YB
Received 23 May 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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