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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260 approved · 598 refused · 378 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flats 10-15 And Flats 16-21 Regnum Court North Walls Chichester West Sussex
Received 4 Feb 2026Downsview 2 Arundel Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO18 0JZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Pinewood House Answorth Close Chichester West Sussex
Received 3 Feb 2026Fisher Common Nursery Fisher Lane North Mundham Chichester West Sussex PO20 1YU
Received 5 Feb 2026Penny Cottage 7 Southbourne Avenue Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8BB
Received 5 Feb 2026Field North West Of The Saltings Crooked Lane Birdham West Sussex
Received 5 Feb 2026Eastrop House 3 East Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1TR
Received 5 Feb 2026118 Batchmere Road Almodington Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LE
Received 4 Feb 2026Anglesey Arms A285 Redvins Road To Tinwood Lane Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 5 Feb 2026Anglesey Arms A285 Redvins Road To Tinwood Lane Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 5 Feb 2026Tawasentha Creek End Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JS
Received 5 Feb 20266 Selham Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5BZ
Received 5 Feb 2026Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 6 Feb 2026Hammers Farm Main Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8EH
Received 6 Feb 2026The Quay Quay Meadow Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LU
Received 6 Feb 2026Earnley Place Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JL
Received 6 Feb 2026Land At Shopwyke Lake Glenmore Business Park Chichester West Sussex PO19 7BJ
Received 6 Feb 2026Running Tide Smugglers Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QP
Received 9 Feb 2026Cathedral Business Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EN
Received 9 Feb 2026Blair Lusk 102 Fishbourne Road West Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JL
Received 9 Feb 2026Swallow Cottage Crooked Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HB
Received 9 Feb 2026Swallow Cottage Crooked Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HB
Received 9 Feb 20265 Edith Cottages Mill Road West Ashling Chichester West Sussex PO18 8DG
Received 9 Feb 2026Charmans Field Marsh Lane Runcton West Sussex PO20 1LG
Received 9 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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