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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201 approved · 443 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Springfield Dairy Lane Maudlin Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PE
Received 3 Jun 2024Land South Of Lowlands North Mundham West Sussex PO20 1EP
Received 3 Jun 2024Tobias Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HX
Received 3 Jun 2024Walled Garden Adjacent To Nursery Cottage Taylors Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8EN
Received 3 Jun 2024Land To The West Of Church Road Church Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 4 Jun 2024Unit 14 Sherrington Mews Ellis Square Selsey Chichcester West Sussex PO20 0FJ
Received 31 May 2024142 St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LH
Received 4 Jun 2024Land At Tuppenny Barn Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8EZ
Received 4 Jun 20242 Hardham Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8BU
Received 4 Jun 202423 Downview Close East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NS
Received 5 Jun 2024Ruyton Charlmead East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8DN
Received 5 Jun 2024Hobert House 19 The Crescent West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EE
Received 5 Jun 2024Graylingwell Hospital College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PQ
Received 5 Jun 202413 Sherrington Mews Ellis Square Selsey Chichcester West Sussex PO20 0FJ
Received 31 May 202423 Downview Close East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NS
Received 5 Jun 2024Froggats Cottage Oakhurst Lane Loxwood Cranleigh West Sussex GU6 8EY
Received 5 Jun 2024Beaconsfield Beech Avenue Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HU
Received 5 Jun 2024Ferry Field (Wetlands) Chichester Road Selsey West Sussex
Received 5 Jun 202419 Whyke Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7AN
Received 5 Jun 2024Land At Flat Farm Hambrook West Sussex PO18 8FT
Received 6 Jun 202437 Newport Drive Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3QQ
Received 4 Jun 2024Froggats Cottage Oakhurst Lane Loxwood Cranleigh West Sussex GU6 8EY
Received 6 Jun 2024Westbourne House School Coach Road (South) Shopwhyke Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2BH
Received 6 Jun 2024Marchwell Buildings Pinewood Way Graylingwell Chichester West Sussex PO19 6EJ
Received 6 Jun 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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