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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224 approved · 481 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Stansted Villas Commonside Westbourne Emsworth Hampshire PO10 8TD
Received 11 Sept 2024Woodfield House Tangmere Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2EU
Received 12 Sept 2024Land At Tanglewood Kirdford Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DD
Received 12 Sept 2024Anglesey Arms Halnaker Boxgrove West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 11 Sept 2024Land North Of 77 To 117 Shippam Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 13 Sept 2024Land East Of Bethwines Farm Blackboy Lane Fishbourne West Sussex
Received 13 Sept 2024Land North Of Shopwhyke Road Shopwhyke Oving PO20 2AD
Received 13 Sept 2024Racers Retreat Beech Avenue Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HU
Received 13 Sept 2024Forbes Place King George Gardens Chichester West Sussex
Received 16 Sept 2024Forbes Place King George Gardens Chichester West Sussex
Received 16 Sept 202487 Green Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 7NU
Received 16 Sept 20243 Lincoln Green Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DN
Received 17 Sept 20245 Cutten Way Chichester West Sussex PO19 7AJ
Received 17 Sept 2024Cranberry North Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SP
Received 17 Sept 2024Cranberry North Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SP
Received 17 Sept 2024Southbourne Farmshop Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JN
Received 17 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Kirdford Sewage Works Churchlands Farm Glasshouse Lane Kirdford West Sussex
Received 17 Sept 20244 Harold Road Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SJ
Received 18 Sept 2024Runcton Manor Runcton Lane Runcton Chichester West Sussex PO20 1PS
Received 18 Sept 2024Springfield The Luth Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BZ
Received 13 Sept 202476 - 77 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LQ
Received 18 Sept 202476 - 77 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LQ
Received 18 Sept 2024The Atrium Southern Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SQ
Received 18 Sept 2024Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 18 Sept 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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