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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.
235 approved · 506 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beach House Barn Walk East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8DG
Received 13 Feb 2025Land And Buildings South Of Little Willow Hunston Road Hunston West Sussex
Received 14 Feb 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 14 Feb 2025Land South East Of Mountwood Farm The Street Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0PZ
Received 14 Feb 2025G And R Harris Main Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RL
Received 14 Feb 202598A West Street Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9AG
Received 17 Feb 2025Upfield's Stores School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DT
Received 17 Feb 2025Little Copse Westlands Estate Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HJ
Received 17 Feb 2025Willow Cottage Sunnyway Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HQ
Received 17 Feb 2025Earnley Concourse Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JN
Received 17 Feb 2025Apuldram Meadow Land West Of Apuldram Lane South West Sussex
Received 13 Feb 20256 Meadows Road East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NW
Received 18 Feb 2025Chichester Harbour Hotel North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1NH
Received 18 Feb 2025Oakleigh 13 Hammer Lane Hammer Haslemere GU27 3QS
Received 19 Feb 2025Oakleigh 13 Hammer Lane Hammer Haslemere GU27 3QS
Received 19 Feb 202540 Lyndhurst Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7PE
Received 17 Feb 202525 Parchment Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BX
Received 19 Feb 2025Buildings South Of Main Road Birdham West Sussex
Received 19 Feb 2025Workshop Unit Bramble Stables Chalk Lane Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 17 Feb 2025Beach Adjacent To Car Park West Strand West Wittering West Sussex
Received 17 Feb 2025Harwoods Jaguar Terminus Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8TX
Received 19 Feb 20252 The Gardens College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PF
Received 19 Feb 2025119 Camelsdale Road Camelsdale Haslemere West Sussex GU27 3RJ
Received 19 Feb 2025Little Bower Rotten Row Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QS
Received 19 Feb 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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