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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.
224 approved · 480 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South West Of Willets Way Willetts Way Loxwood West Sussex
Received 9 Sept 202419 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD
Received 9 Sept 20247 St James Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7HS
Received 9 Sept 202416 North Walls Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DA
Received 9 Sept 2024Byre Cottage Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JL
Received 9 Sept 2024The Annexe Jordans Cakeham Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AA
Received 9 Sept 2024Boxgrove Common Tinwood Lane Eartham West Sussex
Received 9 Sept 20241 Clayton Cantle Mill Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LU
Received 10 Sept 2024Unit 6 Chichester Business Park City Fields Way Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2LB
Received 10 Sept 202435 Harberton Crescent Chichester West Sussex PO19 5NY
Received 9 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Laurel House Green Lane Merston Oving West Sussex PO20 1EQ
Received 10 Sept 2024Filliams Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JR
Received 10 Sept 202418 Fairfield Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JH
Received 10 Sept 202437 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 11 Sept 202466 Ellesmere Orchard Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8TR
Received 10 Sept 2024Caraibes The Byeway West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LJ
Received 11 Sept 2024The Brambles Aldingbourne Drive Crockerhill Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0SD
Received 11 Sept 2024The Brambles Aldingbourne Drive Crockerhill Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0SD
Received 11 Sept 2024Track North East Of Thornehouse Farm Scratching Lane Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JN
Received 9 Sept 2024Unit 5 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BU
Received 11 Sept 2024Unit 5 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BU
Received 11 Sept 2024Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 11 Sept 2024Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 11 Sept 20244 Stansted Villas Commonside Westbourne Emsworth Hampshire PO10 8TD
Received 11 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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