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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.
255 approved · 589 refused · 372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 - 77 St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LS
Received 1 Sept 2025Land At East Street Chichester West Sussex
Received 1 Sept 202545 Sherborne Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 3AD
Received 28 Aug 2025Downsview 2 Arundel Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO18 0JZ
Received 1 Sept 202519 Southgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 1ES
Received 2 Sept 2025Grange Cottage The Luth Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BZ
Received 2 Sept 2025East Hampshire District Council Council Offices Penns Place Petersfield GU31 4EX
Received 21 Aug 2025Old Place House 3 Old Place Lane Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NL
Received 2 Sept 2025Hulets Pound Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AJ
Received 2 Sept 2025Oakfield House Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0NU
Received 3 Sept 2025St Johns Chapel St Johns Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UR
Received 3 Sept 2025St Johns Chapel St Johns Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UR
Received 3 Sept 2025Land/Verge At The Entrance Of Waterfield Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DE
Received 3 Sept 2025Green Acre Main Road Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TP
Received 3 Sept 2025105 First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Received 1 Sept 2025Baffins Court Baffins Lane Chichester West Sussex
Received 3 Sept 2025The Bull Inn 4 - 5 Market Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 1JW
Received 3 Sept 2025Summer Lodge Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QF
Received 4 Sept 2025Limehouse 62A Howard Avenue West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EU
Received 4 Sept 20254-5 Baffins Court Baffins Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UA
Received 4 Sept 2025Barnwood Paddocks Hogwood Road Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0UG
Received 4 Sept 202530 Cedar Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 3EQ
Received 2 Oct 2025Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 4 Sept 2025Greengates 19 Marine Drive West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HE
Received 4 Sept 2025Records 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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