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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.
221 approved · 471 refused · 317 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakdene Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1NR
Received 25 Jul 202432 The Avenue Hambrook Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TY
Received 25 Jul 2024Kipson Green House Selsey Road Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1AU
Received 25 Jul 2024Land East Of Priors Orchard Inlands Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RJ
Received 25 Jul 2024Footpath Nursery Post Office Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1JY
Received 26 Jul 202450 Stocks Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NJ
Received 26 Jul 2024Land South Of Lowlands North Mundham West Sussex
Received 26 Jul 202415 Stockbridge Gardens Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8RE
Received 29 Jul 2024Chestnut Barn Willetts High Street Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RD
Received 29 Jul 202416 Solent Way Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0JR
Received 29 Jul 2024Green Meadows Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HS
Received 29 Jul 2024Rydal 64 Plainwood Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5YB
Received 29 Jul 2024Land At Balsams Farm Watery Lane Funtington Chichester West Sussex PO18 9LE
Received 26 Jul 20245 - 6 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1FH
Received 29 Jul 2024Northlands Farm House Newpound Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QJ
Received 29 Jul 202424 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LB
Received 29 Jul 2024Land North East Of Guildford Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DU
Received 29 Jul 2024The Gatehouse School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DU
Received 29 Jul 2024Sunset 58 Blackboy Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BE
Received 29 Jul 2024Routledge Cottage East Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SE
Received 30 Jul 2024Litten Gardens Chichester War Memorial St Pancras Chichester West Sussex
Received 30 Jul 2024Holy Trinity Church High Street Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LS
Received 30 Jul 20246 Selham Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5BZ
Received 30 Jul 2024Broomer Farm Lock Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AX
Received 31 Jul 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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