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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252 approved · 584 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lowlands North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EP
Received 19 Jun 2025109 St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LH
Received 19 Jun 2025The Old Piggery Farm Shop Chichester Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DZ
Received 18 Jun 2025Stocklund House East Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 19 Jun 2025Rats Castle Linchmere Road Hammer Haslemere GU27 3QG
Received 17 Jun 2025Lerryn West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU
Received 18 Jun 2025135 Camelsdale Road Camelsdale Haslemere West Sussex GU27 3RQ
Received 20 Jun 20254 Stumps End Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RB
Received 20 Jun 2025Land South Of Lowlands North Mundham West Sussex
Received 20 Jun 2025Old House Farm Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DH
Received 20 Jun 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 20 Jun 202561 Willowbed Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 8HY
Received 23 Jun 202529 Albion Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0DJ
Received 23 Jun 202519 Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SB
Received 23 Jun 2025Nightingale Cottage The Street Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0EE
Received 23 Jun 2025Worthing Borough Council Town Hall Chapel Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1HA
Received 19 Jun 202539 Woodfield Park Road Hermitage Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8BE
Received 23 Jun 2025Hobbits Cottage 68 The Street Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0DX
Received 23 Jun 2025Harbour View Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DH
Received 23 Jun 202510 Ashburnham Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 3NB
Received 24 Jun 2025Farthinghoe Petworth Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BN
Received 24 Jun 202512 Stirling Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7DS
Received 20 Jun 2025Land To The West Of Church Road Church Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 19 Jun 2025Beech Farm Roundstreet Common Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AN
Received 24 Jun 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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