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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.
232 approved · 497 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LP
Received 27 Jan 2025High Barn Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JS
Received 28 Jan 2025High Barn Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JS
Received 28 Jan 2025The Old Parsonage Church Farm Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RE
Received 28 Jan 2025Pumping Station Coastguard Lane West Wittering West Sussex
Received 28 Jan 2025Land To Rear/side Of 3 Stanton Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QN
Received 28 Jan 20257 Peacock Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 6YD
Received 24 Jan 2025Land Between Ferry Farm Solar Farm And SSE Sub-station Golf Links Lane Chichester Road Selsey West Sussex
Received 28 Jan 2025Unit 11 Chichester Trade Centre Quarry Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 8ET
Received 28 Jan 2025Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 28 Jan 2025Mans Rest Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JF
Received 29 Jan 2025Westside House Drayton Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2BN
Received 28 Jan 2025Kingswood 40 New Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JX
Received 29 Jan 20254 And 5 Northgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BA
Received 29 Jan 20254 And 5 Northgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BA
Received 29 Jan 2025Land At Stable Field Kirdford Road Wisborough Green West Sussex
Received 29 Jan 2025Reymar 15 Jolliffe Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8ET
Received 30 Jan 2025Mirembe West Broyle Drive West Broyle Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PP
Received 30 Jan 2025Chasebury Bungalow Hoe Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8ER
Received 30 Jan 20252 Wildacre Close Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0TL
Received 30 Jan 20255 - 6 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1FH
Received 30 Jan 202511A Cow Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LN
Received 30 Jan 2025Roseglen The Lane Ifold Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0UL
Received 30 Jan 202526 Edwards Avenue Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HP
Received 31 Jan 2025Records 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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