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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.
227 approved · 489 refused · 324 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 East Of 10 Downview Close East Wittering West Sussex
Received 27 Nov 2024Land North Of 235 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JD
Received 29 Nov 2024A27 HGV Access To The Tinwood Estate Arundel Road Crockerhill Chichester West Sussex
Received 2 Dec 2024Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 2 Dec 2024Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 2 Dec 2024Gatliff House Loxwood Road Plaistow West Sussex RH14 0NY
Received 3 Dec 2024Velvet Strand East Bracklesham Drive Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JH
Received 3 Dec 20247 Aviary Close Hambrook Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8UN
Received 3 Dec 202428 Brandy Hole Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 5RY
Received 3 Dec 2024Troodos 52 Salthill Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PZ
Received 3 Dec 2024Hunsters 229A Oving Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7EJ
Received 3 Dec 2024The Beech House 14 Brandy Hole Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 5RY
Received 4 Dec 2024Land East Of 5 Manor Close Manor Close Stockbridge West Sussex
Received 2 Dec 2024129 Worcester Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5EE
Received 4 Dec 2024Land East Of Southwood Park Estate Common Road Hambrook Westbourne West Sussex
Received 4 Dec 2024Land North Of 30 To 56 Mill Road Westbourne West Sussex
Received 5 Dec 202417 Green Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0AG
Received 5 Dec 202445 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DS
Received 5 Dec 20242 Willow Gardens Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8TX
Received 5 Dec 2024Phase 3A (Shopwhyke Care Site) Land On The North Side Of Shopwhyke Road Shopwhyke West Sussex
Received 5 Dec 2024Cobnor Activities Centre Chidham Lane Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TE
Received 5 Dec 2024East Tithe Barn Church Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2DE
Received 5 Dec 20248 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EH
Received 6 Dec 2024Wickets Cottage Petworth Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DR
Received 6 Dec 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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