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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259 approved · 597 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 On The South Side Of Cooks Lane Southbourne West Sussex
Received 9 Sept 202512 Horsefield Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9EZ
Received 2 Dec 2025Chichester Festival Theatre Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6AP
Received 2 Dec 2025Orchard Farm Drift Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PP
Received 2 Dec 2025Grass/Road Verge To The Front Of 2 West View Salthill Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3QL
Received 2 Dec 2025Lowlands North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EP
Received 2 Dec 2025Mermaid Cottage Main Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8BD
Received 2 Dec 2025May Cottages Shore Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JB
Received 3 Dec 2025National Westminster Bank 5 - 6 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1FH
Received 3 Dec 2025Double Barn Clay Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8AB
Received 3 Dec 2025Double Barn Clay Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8AB
Received 3 Dec 2025Phase 2 Of The Westhampnett/North East Chichester SDL Land North East Of Graylingwell Park Chichester West Sussex
Received 3 Dec 2025Warrendell Adjacent To Centurion Way Off Plainwood Close Chichester West Sussex
Received 1 Dec 20254 - 5 Market Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JW
Received 4 Dec 2025Wheatlands Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JA
Received 4 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To A27 Copse Farm Tangmere Road Tangmere West Sussex
Received 5 Dec 2025Baker Barracks Emsworth Road Thorney Island Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DH
Received 5 Dec 20259 - 10 Dukes Court Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8FX
Received 5 Dec 2025Brooklands Green Lane Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PT
Received 5 Dec 202562 - 63 South Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 5 Dec 2025Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 5 Dec 202531 Russet Gardens Hermitage Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DG
Received 5 Dec 202514A Chalk Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LW
Received 4 Dec 20254 Saxon Meadow Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2GA
Received 8 Dec 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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