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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.
201 approved · 441 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Four Jays 24 Russell Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EF
Received 23 May 2024Four Jays 24 Russell Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EF
Received 23 May 2024Willow Cottage 14 Copse Road Hammer Haslemere GU27 3QH
Received 23 May 2024Lower Barn (Near Chandlers Barn) Skiff Lane Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AA
Received 23 May 2024Land East Inlands Road And South Of Railway Line Inlands Road Nutbourne West Sussex
Received 23 May 2024Church Of Our Lady Of The Assumption Fairfield Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JH
Received 22 May 2024Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 24 May 20246 Harbour Court Bosham West Sussex PO18 8PB
Received 24 May 2024Plum Lodge Wellsfield West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LH
Received 24 May 2024May Cottage The Street Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NS
Received 17 May 2024Haymans Farm Shillinglee Road Plaistow West Sussex RH14 0PQ
Received 24 May 2024Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 24 May 202435 Kelsey Avenue Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8NG
Received 24 May 2024Land At Stable Field Kirdford Road Wisborough Green West Sussex
Received 24 May 2024Cedarwood 4 Furnston Grove Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8LH
Received 28 May 2024Camber Court Rookwood Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QH
Received 28 May 2024Lake View 3 Hawthorn Close Ifold Loxwood West Sussex RH14 0FU
Received 28 May 2024Castorfield West Ashling Road Hambrook Funtington Chichester West Sussex PO18 8UD
Received 28 May 2024Ellanore House Ellanore Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AN
Received 28 May 2024Natures Way Foods Runcton Unit Chichester Food Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1NW
Received 28 May 2024Natures Way Food Chichester Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9HP
Received 28 May 2024235 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JD
Received 22 May 2024Pool House And First Floor Of BYC House Lock Lane Birdham West Sussex
Received 28 May 2024Willowdene Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG
Received 28 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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