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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.
237 approved · 518 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To Chichester Enterprise Centre Terminus Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8FY
Received 1 Apr 2025Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 3 Apr 2025Avenue Cottage Main Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PN
Received 3 Apr 2025Friends Meeting House Priory Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 1NX
Received 4 Apr 2025Land South Of Sea Urchin Spinney Lane Itchenor West Sussex PO20 7DJ
Received 4 Apr 2025Land South Of Scant Road West Scant Road West Hambrook West Sussex
Received 4 Apr 2025Land North Of Marchwood Gate Marchwood Chichester West Sussex
Received 4 Apr 2025Land South West And South East Of 6 March Square Chichester West Sussex
Received 4 Apr 2025Land At Compton Close Chichester West Sussex
Received 4 Apr 2025Ten Acre Fisher Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1YU
Received 4 Apr 2025Trelayne Cottage Chalk Road Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0UD
Received 7 Apr 2025Camber Court Rookwood Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QH
Received 7 Apr 202560 Whyke Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 7PD
Received 7 Apr 2025Old Forge Cottage Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 7 Apr 2025127 Highfield Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2NN
Received 7 Apr 2025Leggatts Farm Old Park Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8AP
Received 7 Apr 202522 Elmstead Park Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NQ
Received 7 Apr 2025Chichester Festival Theatre Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6AD
Received 7 Apr 202529 Cleveland Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7AF
Received 7 Apr 2025Church Corner Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DL
Received 4 Apr 2025Playing Field Graylingwell Drive Chichester West Sussex
Received 8 Apr 2025The Old Store Guest House Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0QL
Received 8 Apr 2025The Old Store Guest House Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0QL
Received 8 Apr 2025South Downs National Park Authority South Downs Centre North Street Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9DH
Received 7 Apr 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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