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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258 approved · 595 refused · 373 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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 South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 16 Oct 2025Footpath Adjacent To (West Of) Car Park City Gates 2 - 4 Southgate Chichester West Sussex
Received 15 Oct 2025Hawthorn Cottage Mill Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NB
Received 17 Oct 2025Land South Of 22 Chalk Lane Chalk Lane Sidlesham West Sussex PO20 7LY
Received 20 Oct 2025Far Meadow Newpound Lane Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0EG
Received 20 Oct 2025The Light House Chestnut Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QF
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To University Of Chichester Bishop Otter Campus College Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PE
Received 20 Oct 20252 Harberton Crescent Chichester West Sussex PO19 5NY
Received 20 Oct 20251 Elmstead Park Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NQ
Received 21 Oct 2025Plot H Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 Oct 2025Plot D Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 Oct 2025Plot J Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 Oct 2025Plot G Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 21 Oct 20254 Oak Way Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RU
Received 21 Oct 20254 Oak Way Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RU
Received 21 Oct 2025Land Off Main Road Main Road Birdham West Sussex
Received 21 Oct 2025The Signal Box Guildford Close Southbourne Emsworth PO10 8LW
Received 21 Oct 2025The Atrium Southern Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SQ
Received 21 Oct 2025105 Woodlands Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 5PF
Received 21 Oct 2025Street Record Coastguard Lane West Wittering West Sussex
Received 9 Oct 202529 Washington Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BN
Received 17 Oct 2025Land South Of 37 To 48 Bishopsgate Walk Chichester West Sussex PO19 6FG
Received 21 Oct 2025109 Highfield Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2NN
Received 22 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To Dunsfold Malcolm Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2HS
Received 22 Oct 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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