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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.
259 approved · 597 refused · 374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To A27 Copse Farm Tangmere Road Tangmere West Sussex
Received 19 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To A27 Copse Farm Tangmere Road Tangmere West Sussex
Received 19 Nov 2025Post Cottage Rectory Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DU
Received 19 Nov 2025Post Cottage Rectory Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DU
Received 19 Nov 2025Post Cottage Rectory Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DU
Received 19 Nov 2025Post Cottage Rectory Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DU
Received 19 Nov 2025Sandhead Rookwood Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8QH
Received 19 Nov 2025Old Allotment Site Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 19 Nov 2025Playground New Barn Kirdford West Sussex
Received 19 Nov 2025Rutherglen Third Avenue Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LB
Received 19 Nov 2025Land South Of 37 Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 19 Nov 2025Rolls Royce Motor Cars The Drive Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0SH
Received 19 Nov 2025Freedom Cottage 97 First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Received 19 Nov 2025Unit 3 Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram West Sussex PO20 7BU
Received 19 Nov 2025Berry Barn East Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8BA
Received 19 Nov 2025Kingsley 61 Woodfield Park Road Hermitage Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8BE
Received 19 Nov 2025Church Yard Whyke Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8HA
Received 20 Nov 202574 - 77 St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LS
Received 20 Nov 2025Rolls Royce Motor Cars The Drive Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0SH
Received 20 Nov 202539 Woodfield Park Road Hermitage Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8BE
Received 18 Nov 2025The Bricks Manor Farm Barns Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PL
Received 20 Nov 2025Baker Barracks Emsworth Road Thorney Island Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DH
Received 18 Nov 2025Arabesque School Of Dance And Drama Quarry Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 8NY
Received 21 Nov 2025Dinglewell 34 Penny Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8HE
Received 21 Nov 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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