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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260 approved · 597 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2 Timberlaine Industrial Estate Gravel Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 8PP
Received 6 Jan 2026Heaton Dell Fordwater Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6PS
Received 7 Jan 20269 Lavant Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QY
Received 7 Jan 2026Elm Tree Cottage Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW
Received 7 Jan 202619 Southgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 1ES
Received 16 Dec 2025Batchmere Lodge 95 First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Received 8 Jan 20261 Tudor Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QZ
Received 8 Jan 2026Tangmere Airfield Nurseries The Old Airfield Tangmere Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2GP
Received 7 Jan 2026Oakfield House Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NU
Received 8 Jan 2026Drill Hall East Row Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PE
Received 9 Jan 202667 Cambrai Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 7UU
Received 3 Dec 2025Fishers Newpound Lane Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0EG
Received 9 Jan 2026Eastrop House 3 East Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1TR
Received 9 Jan 2026Drake House Guildford Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SE
Received 9 Jan 2026Waterstones 6 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QF
Received 9 Jan 2026235 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JD
Received 8 Jan 2026Drill Hall East Row Chichester West Sussex PO19 1PE
Received 12 Jan 2026Land South Of Telephone Exchange Selsey Road Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 12 Jan 2026Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 12 Jan 2026The Old School Church Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2DG
Received 5 Jan 2026Mill Meadows Farm Mill Lane Westbourne West Sussex
Received 13 Jan 2026Windward West Strand West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AU
Received 13 Jan 2026Flat 6 Beaumont House Limestone Road Shopwhyke Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2NS
Received 12 Jan 2026Flat 6 Beaumont House Limestone Road Shopwhyke Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2NS
Received 12 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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