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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235 approved · 507 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The West Of Church Road Church Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 20 Feb 2025First Floor Flat 22A North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LB
Received 20 Feb 2025The Bungalow Cot Lane Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8SP
Received 18 Feb 2025207 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8EZ
Received 18 Feb 2025Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 20 Feb 2025The Sussex Brewery 36 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AU
Received 21 Feb 2025The Sussex Brewery 36 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AU
Received 21 Feb 2025Churchlands Farm Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LU
Received 21 Feb 2025Avenue Cottage Main Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PN
Received 21 Feb 20255A Gordon Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AZ
Received 21 Feb 2025Third Floor 1 - 3 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EH
Received 21 Feb 2025The Granary Whitechimney Row Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8RS
Received 21 Feb 20257A Parchment Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BX
Received 21 Feb 2025Rolls Royce Motor Cars The Drive Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0SH
Received 21 Feb 2025Kerk Arrow 1 Seal Square Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0HP
Received 24 Feb 2025Headfoldswood Cottage Plaistow Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SX
Received 24 Feb 2025Headfoldswood Cottage Plaistow Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SX
Received 24 Feb 2025Oakstead Pine Grove Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PN
Received 24 Feb 2025Roadside Of Millside Bell Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JD
Received 24 Feb 2025Land South Of Rumbolds Lane Plaistow Billinghurst RH14 0NS
Received 24 Feb 2025Smugglers Barn Walk East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8DG
Received 25 Feb 2025Land To The West Of Church Road Church Road West Wittering West Sussex PO20 8FJ
Received 25 Feb 2025Lower And Upper Flat 115 Westgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 3HR
Received 20 Feb 2025Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 25 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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