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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.
254 approved · 586 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Open Space South Of 1 Summersdale Place Chichester West Sussex
Received 21 Jul 2025Cyanne 18 Marine Drive West West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HH
Received 21 Jul 2025Land South Of Little Willow Hunston Road Hunston West Sussex
Received 21 Jul 2025Meadow View Stables Monks Hill Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SX
Received 21 Jul 202553 Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SG
Received 21 Jul 202563 Birdham Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8TB
Received 21 Jul 2025Land East Of 10 Downview Close East Wittering West Sussex
Received 17 Jul 2025Lowlands North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EP
Received 21 Jul 2025Unit 1 Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SB
Received 21 Jul 2025Milland Cottage Petworth Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BH
Received 22 Jul 2025Millside Bell Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JD
Received 22 Jul 2025Land South Of Unit 1 Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SB
Received 22 Jul 2025Land West Of Guildford Road Loxwood West Sussex
Received 22 Jul 2025Former Fuel Depot Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 22 Jul 2025Mill Hamlet House Rookery Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7ND
Received 22 Jul 20251 Cavendish Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BS
Received 22 Jul 20251 Cavendish Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BS
Received 22 Jul 20256 Meadows Road East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NW
Received 22 Jul 2025Meadowside Briar Avenue East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PX
Received 22 Jul 2025Annexe And Adjacent Land North Of Canada Farm Shillinglee Road Shillinglee Chiddingfold Godalming Surrey GU8 4SZ
Received 23 Jul 2025Land To North Of 20 Willow Gardens Westbourne West Sussex PO10 8TX
Received 23 Jul 2025Brambletye Cottage Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 23 Jul 2025Thistledown 20 Elm Close Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HY
Received 23 Jul 2025East Hampshire District Council Council Offices Penns Place Petersfield GU31 4EX
Received 21 Jul 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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