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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235 approved · 509 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4-5 Market Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JW
Received 3 Mar 2025Land West Of 54 King George Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 6LE
Received 25 Feb 2025Land South Of 9 King George Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 6LB
Received 25 Feb 2025Land West Of Black Hall Guildford Road Loxwood West Sussex
Received 3 Mar 2025Land West Of Black Hall Guildford Road Loxwood West Sussex
Received 3 Mar 202561 The Broadway Chichester West Sussex PO19 6QR
Received 4 Mar 2025Hop Garden Cottage Hop Garden Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1JX
Received 4 Mar 2025Cornfields Acre Street West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QQ
Received 27 Feb 2025Canal Cottage North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1JN
Received 4 Mar 2025Redfern House Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HP
Received 4 Mar 2025Fletchers Boat House Bosham Hoe Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8EU
Received 4 Mar 202580 Fletchers Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QG
Received 5 Mar 20252 Kings Meadow Hambrook Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8YA
Received 26 Feb 2025Headfoldswood Farm Plaistow Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SX
Received 26 Feb 2025Southern Water Southern House Yeoman Road Worthing BN13 3NX
Received 28 Feb 2025Hook Creek Hook Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8EY
Received 28 Feb 2025Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 5 Mar 202573 - 75 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HR
Received 5 Mar 2025Small Street Cottage New Road Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8UH
Received 6 Mar 202543 The Broadway Chichester West Sussex PO19 6QR
Received 6 Mar 20252 Packhouse Cottages Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NU
Received 6 Mar 2025Greatham Farm Ham Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PA
Received 6 Mar 2025The Homestead Rotten Row Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QS
Received 28 Feb 202537 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 6 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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