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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.
258 approved · 594 refused · 373 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 A27 Copse Farm Tangmere Road Tangmere West Sussex
Received 14 Oct 202520 Merryweather Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HJ
Received 15 Oct 2025Applewood Farm (Formerly Waresley House) Scratching Lane Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JN
Received 15 Oct 2025Racton View Marlpit Lane Hambrook Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8EQ
Received 15 Oct 2025Trees Chichester Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0PS
Received 15 Oct 20251 Jubilee Mews Whyke Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 7PD
Received 15 Oct 2025Field North West Of The Saltings Crooked Lane Birdham West Sussex
Received 15 Oct 20251 Compton Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5PH
Received 15 Oct 2025Northshore Boatyard The Street Itchenor West Sussex
Received 15 Oct 2025Ambassador House Crane Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LL
Received 16 Oct 2025Fairfield The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AE
Received 16 Oct 2025Village Green Cakeham Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 16 Oct 202515 Grenville Gardens Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8XB
Received 16 Oct 2025Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 16 Oct 2025Glanrhyd Durbans Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DL
Received 16 Oct 202577 Kingsham Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AY
Received 16 Oct 2025Tomlins Meadow 130A Almodington Lane Almodington Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JU
Received 16 Oct 2025Fairview Lockgate Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QE
Received 17 Oct 2025Sparrows Rough Clay Lane Funtington West Sussex
Received 17 Oct 2025Greengates 19 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HE
Received 17 Oct 2025Southern Counties Tractors Almodington Lane Almodington Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JR
Received 17 Oct 2025The Homing Lower Hone Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QN
Received 17 Oct 2025Penny Cottage 7 Southbourne Avenue Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8BB
Received 17 Oct 2025Chichester Nuffield Hospital Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6WB
Received 17 Oct 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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