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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.
231 approved · 494 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/track Adjacent To Black Cottage Downs Road West Stoke Funtington Chichester West Sussex PO18 9BQ
Received 15 Jan 2025Nevis Martins Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AU
Received 15 Jan 202562 Brick Kiln Farm Merston Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 15 Jan 2025Timber Cottage Lumley Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AF
Received 15 Jan 2025Timber Cottage Lumley Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AF
Received 30 Jan 2025Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 15 Jan 2025Havant Borough Council Civic Offices Civic Centre Road Havant PO9 2AX
Received 16 Jan 2025Oakley Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW
Received 16 Jan 20259 Richmond Road Westerton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PQ
Received 16 Jan 2025Hanneys West Bracklesham Drive Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PH
Received 17 Jan 2025The Rookery 55 Beach Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0LL
Received 17 Jan 202563 Priors Orchard Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8GE
Received 17 Jan 2025Canary Cottage High Street Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LR
Received 16 Jan 202515 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EJ
Received 17 Jan 2025National Westminster Bank 5 - 6 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1FH
Received 17 Jan 2025Plots 15 And 16 Terminus Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8TX
Received 17 Jan 2025Land South Of Droveway Itchenor Road West Itchenor West Sussex
Received 17 Jan 2025Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 17 Jan 2025Land To The West Of Church Road Church Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 17 Jan 2025Church Gate Cottage Church Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RH
Received 17 Jan 202544 Howard Avenue West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EU
Received 20 Jan 2025The Gatehouse School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DU
Received 20 Jan 202538 Orchard Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BG
Received 20 Jan 2025Land South Of 3 Keepers Wood Chichester West Sussex PO19 5XU
Received 20 Jan 2025Records 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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