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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.
260 approved · 597 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Granary House Saltham Lane Runcton Chichester West Sussex PO20 1PU
Received 31 Dec 2025Land West Of Rosiane And Limpet Cottage Itchenor Road West Itchenor West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 2026Sally Field Nursery Rotten Row Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QB
Received 24 Dec 202568 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EE
Received 23 Dec 202568 South Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1EE
Received 23 Dec 20258 Sunnymead Drive Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0DF
Received 2 Jan 2026St Peter And St Marys Church Fishbourne Road West Fishbourne West Sussex
Received 17 Nov 2025109 Highfield Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2NN
Received 5 Jan 20266 Meadows Road East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NW
Received 5 Jan 2026Mellow End The Walled Garden Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QS
Received 5 Jan 2026Little Common Loxwood Road Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NX
Received 5 Jan 2026Land South East Of Tower View Nursery West Ashling Road Hambrook Funtington West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 202658 Plainwood Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5YB
Received 5 Jan 2026Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 19 Dec 2025Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 5 Jan 2026Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 19 Dec 2025Land On The West Side Of Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay West Sussex
Received 5 Jan 2026High Barn Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JS
Received 6 Jan 2026High Barn Farm Plaistow Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JS
Received 6 Jan 202629 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QS
Received 6 Jan 2026Land Within The Westhampnett / North East Chichester Strategic Development Location (north Of Madgwick Lane) Chichester
Received 6 Jan 20262 Thornton Meadow Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BW
Received 5 Jan 2026Simmonds Bridge Cottage Harsfold Lane Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BD
Received 6 Jan 20261 Brook Lea Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1NR
Received 6 Jan 2026Records 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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