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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.
222 approved · 474 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Red Door 20 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HQ
Received 5 Aug 202427 Albion Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0DJ
Received 5 Aug 2024Little Copse Westlands Estate Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HJ
Received 5 Aug 2024Graylingwell Hospital College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PQ
Received 2 Aug 2024Site Office Brooks Green Farm Brooks Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JX
Received 6 Aug 202457 Graydon Avenue Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8RG
Received 6 Aug 202411 Halfrey Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BU
Received 6 Aug 20242 Overton Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8NN
Received 6 Aug 2024Creek House Shore Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QL
Received 6 Aug 2024Land At Lancastrian Grange Tower Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 6 Aug 20249 Richmond Road Westerton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PQ
Received 6 Aug 2024Symene Church Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7HL
Received 7 Aug 2024Flat Farm Broad Raod Hambrook Chidham West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2024Cakeham Manor Cakeham Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LG
Received 7 Aug 2024Little Stacks Whitechimney Row Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8RS
Received 7 Aug 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2024Old Allotment Site Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2024Bramble Stables Chalk Lane Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 2 Aug 202420 Nettleton Avenue Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HZ
Received 7 Aug 20241 Southlands Mill Lane Runcton Chichester West Sussex PO20 1PN
Received 7 Aug 2024Triburg 10 Jolliffe Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8ET
Received 8 Aug 20241 Arundell Way Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0FU
Received 8 Aug 2024The Fairways Brimfast Lane Sidlesham Common Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PZ
Received 8 Aug 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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