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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.
223 approved · 478 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Magnolias Church Farm Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PT
Received 22 Aug 2024Don-Len Monks Hill Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SX
Received 22 Aug 2024Pephurst Farm Station Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RW
Received 22 Aug 2024Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 22 Aug 2024Shakeadelic Shakes And Pizza 3 - 4 Cathedral Courtyard Southgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EU
Received 21 Aug 2024Scout Hut Crooked Lane Birdham West Sussex
Received 22 Aug 20246 Mill Close Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JW
Received 22 Aug 2024Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 22 Aug 2024Holt Place Farm Shipton Green Lane West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BZ
Received 22 Aug 20245 The Shire Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8FT
Received 23 Aug 2024Orchard House Orchard Lane Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AD
Received 22 Aug 20241 & 2 Azara Parade Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HP
Received 27 Aug 2024Pilgrims The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AE
Received 27 Aug 2024Church View Billingshurst Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DY
Received 27 Aug 2024Paved Area North West Of Little London Car Park St Martins Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 28 Aug 2024Cattle Market Car Park Market Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 28 Aug 2024Birches 18 Newport Drive Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3QQ
Received 28 Aug 20248 Gloucester Way Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DL
Received 28 Aug 2024Penny Lane 118 High Street Selsey West Sussex
Received 30 Aug 2024Four Acre Nursery Cooks Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8LQ
Received 30 Aug 2024Pondside Flitchfold Vicarage Hill Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RQ
Received 30 Aug 2024Land At Stable Field Kirdford Road Wisborough Green West Sussex
Received 30 Aug 202498A West Street Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9AG
Received 30 Aug 2024Fairfields 19 Church Road East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PS
Received 30 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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