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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235 approved · 511 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 18 Mar 202538 Haleybridge Walk Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HG
Received 18 Mar 2025Tithe Barn Church Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2DE
Received 18 Mar 2025Mallards 6 Oakmeadow Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7BH
Received 18 Mar 202515 The Spinney Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DF
Received 13 Mar 2025Land To The South, South West And North West Of Malham Farm And North West Of Oakwood Farm Newpound Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AP
Received 18 Mar 2025Balsams Farm Watery Lane Funtington Chichester West Sussex PO18 9LE
Received 18 Mar 2025Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 18 Mar 202526 Sadlers Walk Hermitage Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JR
Received 18 Mar 2025Old House Farm Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DH
Received 19 Mar 2025Dromoland House Main Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RR
Received 19 Mar 2025Waverley Borough Council The Burys Godalming GU7 1HR
Received 17 Mar 202515 Eastgate Square Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JL
Received 19 Mar 2025Pebbles 51 Marchwood Chichester West Sussex PO19 5BY
Received 19 Mar 2025Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 19 Mar 20256 Kilnwood Close Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0HQ
Received 19 Mar 2025124 Worcester Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5EE
Received 20 Mar 202593 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HA
Received 20 Mar 202593 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HA
Received 20 Mar 2025Land At Bewick Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 6FS
Received 20 Mar 202532 Lyndhurst Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7PE
Received 20 Mar 2025Footpath Centurion Way Chichester West Sussex
Received 20 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To 45 Marchwood Gate Marchwood Chichester West Sussex
Received 20 Mar 2025St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
Received 20 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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