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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223 approved · 478 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Graylingwell Hospital College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PQ
Received 4 Sept 202428 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LX
Received 4 Sept 202428 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LX
Received 4 Sept 2024Seaforth Spinney Lane Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DJ
Received 4 Sept 202435 & 37 Russet Gardens Hermitage Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DG
Received 4 Sept 2024144 St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LH
Received 3 Sept 202414-15 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HE
Received 4 Sept 2024Fairways Wellsfield West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LH
Received 5 Sept 2024Waverley Borough Council The Burys Godalming GU7 1HR
Received 4 Sept 2024Badgers Keep 15B Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 5 Sept 202415 The Spinney Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DF
Received 3 Sept 20249 Chichester Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0NQ
Received 6 Sept 2024Belmont Loxwood Road Alfold Bars Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QS
Received 6 Sept 20248 Keepers Wood Chichester West Sussex PO19 5XU
Received 6 Sept 2024Long Acres Drift Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PR
Received 6 Sept 2024Land North Of Lovders Farm Cottages Priors Leaze Lane Nutbourne West Sussex
Received 6 Sept 2024Minerva Theatre Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6AP
Received 6 Sept 202414 And 16 Chichester Way Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0PJ
Received 6 Sept 2024Hop Garden Cottage Hop Garden Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1JX
Received 6 Sept 2024Road Verge North Of Wall Cottage Drive Chichester West Sussex
Received 6 Sept 2024Meadow House Canute Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JF
Received 5 Sept 2024Redfern House Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HP
Received 9 Sept 2024Five Paddock Farm Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JF
Received 9 Sept 202410 Mount Court St Itha Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0AH
Received 9 Sept 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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