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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235 approved · 509 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Magnolia Lodge Durfold Wood Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0PL
Received 26 Feb 2025Ostlers Cottage Church Road North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1JU
Received 24 Feb 202512 Stirling Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7DS
Received 24 Feb 2025Over The Way The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AH
Received 24 Feb 2025Pippins 12 Orchard Close Camelsdale Linchmere Haslemere West Sussex GU27 3SA
Received 27 Feb 202513 Hamstead Meadow Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TJ
Received 27 Feb 2025Sandhead Rookwood Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QH
Received 27 Feb 20251 Compton Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5PH
Received 27 Feb 202559 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1NB
Received 27 Feb 202542-44 Orchard Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BG
Received 27 Feb 2025Cove House Smugglers Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QP
Received 28 Feb 20253 The Olde Garden The Lane Ifold Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0UH
Received 28 Feb 2025Fieldgate Strettington Lane Strettington Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0LA
Received 28 Feb 202554 Kingsham Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AH
Received 28 Feb 2025Roadside Opposite 23 Dennys Close Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0RA
Received 28 Feb 202568 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AX
Received 28 Feb 2025Land East Of Lowlands 44 Hunston West Sussex
Received 28 Feb 2025The Retreat Moreton Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LL
Received 28 Feb 2025Farm Buildings Taylors Lane Bosham West Sussex
Received 3 Mar 2025The Bourse Delling Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8NN
Received 3 Mar 2025Tangmere Dental Centre Malcolm Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HS
Received 3 Mar 2025The Atrium Southern Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SQ
Received 3 Mar 2025Caravan 112 Second Avenue Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LF
Received 3 Mar 2025Land North Of 30 To 56 Mill Road Westbourne West Sussex
Received 3 Mar 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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