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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.
252 approved · 582 refused · 370 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ellanore House Ellanore Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AN
Received 1 May 2025Old Manor House Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PW
Received 1 May 2025Land Within The Westhampnett / North East Chichester Strategic Development Location (north Of Madgwick Lane) Chichester
Received 1 May 2025Sandhead Rookwood Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QH
Received 1 May 202549 Cavendish Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BS
Received 1 May 202581 Oliver Whitby Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 3LH
Received 1 May 2025Strath Cottage Batchmere Road Almodington Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LD
Received 28 Apr 2025Strath Cottage Batchmere Road Almodington Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LD
Received 28 Apr 2025Friars House 52A East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JG
Received 1 May 2025Friars House 52A East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JG
Received 1 May 2025Keepers Cottage Tinwood Lane Eartham Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NF
Received 1 May 2025Drill Hall East Row Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PE
Received 1 May 2025Drill Hall East Row Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PE
Received 1 May 202524 Bramley Close Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QH
Received 1 May 2025Birdham Lodge 37 Clayton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DF
Received 29 Apr 2025The Old Bakery Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HT
Received 2 May 2025Mill House River Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8TG
Received 2 May 2025High Cliffe 51 Clayton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DF
Received 2 May 2025Cedarwood 31 Vincent Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DQ
Received 2 May 2025Upfield's Stores School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DT
Received 2 May 2025Little Flitchings Rickmans Lane Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NT
Received 5 May 2025Watchers Lodge Linchmere Road Hammer Haslemere GU27 3QW
Received 5 May 2025Fisher Common Nursery Fisher Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1YU
Received 5 May 2025St Peters Church Stane Street Westhampnett West Sussex
Received 5 May 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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