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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255 approved · 589 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5-9 West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QF
Received 4 Sept 20258 Old Bakery Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AJ
Received 4 Sept 20257 Old Bakery Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AJ
Received 4 Sept 20255 Old Bakery Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AJ
Received 4 Sept 20254 Old Bakery Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AJ
Received 4 Sept 2025Land East Of Manor Road Manor Road Selsey West Sussex
Received 2 Sept 2025Rithe House Harbour Way Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TG
Received 2 Sept 2025Land East Of Manor Road Manor Road Selsey West Sussex
Received 4 Sept 2025Headfoldswood Cottage Plaistow Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SX
Received 5 Sept 2025Headfoldswood Cottage Plaistow Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SX
Received 5 Sept 20257 Beech Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DR
Received 5 Sept 2025Land On The North Side Of Shopwhyke Road Shopwhyke West Sussex
Received 4 Sept 2025Rymans Appledram Lane South Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EG
Received 5 Sept 2025Kellys Farm Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HY
Received 8 Sept 2025Gatehouse Inlands Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RJ
Received 8 Sept 2025Rymans Appledram Lane South Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EG
Received 8 Sept 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 8 Sept 2025Roman Way Fishbourne West Sussex
Received 8 Sept 202524 King George Gardens Chichester West Sussex PO19 6LB
Received 8 Sept 2025Trenchmore Farm Drungewick Lane Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RS
Received 8 Sept 2025Land To The Rear Of Ash Keys 25 Stane Street Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PA
Received 8 Sept 2025St Joseph's CE Junior Scool Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DQ
Received 8 Sept 2025Xavier House Old Broyle Road West Broyle Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PR
Received 8 Sept 2025The Sanderling Gordon Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AZ
Received 8 Sept 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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