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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252 approved · 583 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 Stockbridge Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8QP
Received 5 Jun 2025G And R Harris Main Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RL
Received 6 Jun 2025Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 6 Jun 2025Rackmeade 57 Birdham Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8TB
Received 6 Jun 2025Nunnington Farm Camping Site Rookwood Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 6 Jun 2025Land South Of Paradise Lane Westbourne West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 2025Land East Of 22 Nelson Close Churchwood Drive Tangmere West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 2025Waters Edge Cut Mill Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PS
Received 9 Jun 2025Spindrift House Bosham Hoe Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8ET
Received 9 Jun 2025Land North East Of Priors Leaze Bungalow Priors Leaze Lane Hambrook Chidham West Sussex PO18 8RQ
Received 9 Jun 2025The Grange Grange Lane Church Norton Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DS
Received 9 Jun 2025The Grange Grange Lane Church Norton Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DS
Received 9 Jun 2025Land South Of Little Willow Hunston Road Hunston West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 2025Warrendell Adjacent To Centurion Way Off Plainwood Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5RU
Received 5 Jun 202511 Murray Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9AR
Received 9 Jun 2025Linden House Scant Road West Hambrook Chichester West Sussex PO18 8UA
Received 9 Jun 2025Foxwood Gribble Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2AE
Received 9 Jun 2025Havant Borough Council Civic Offices Civic Centre Road Havant PO9 2AX
Received 5 Jun 2025The Barn 24 Chalk Lane Chalk Lane Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 6 Jun 202539 Manor Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0SB
Received 10 Jun 202573 Drift Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0PN
Received 10 Jun 2025Adams Cottage Loxwood Road Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NX
Received 10 Jun 2025Fordwater Lane Chichester West Sussex
Received 10 Jun 2025Marsh Farm Church Farm Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7RP
Received 10 Jun 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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