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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.
256 approved · 590 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Grenville Gardens Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO19 8XB
Received 17 Sept 2025Salt Mill House Mill Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JN
Received 17 Sept 2025Cormorant 43 Clayton Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DF
Received 17 Sept 20251 Hall House Guildford Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SA
Received 16 Sept 2025Street Record Bosham Industrial Estate Bosham West Sussex
Received 17 Sept 2025Sainsbury's Local Chichester Minerva Heights Chichester West Sussex
Received 17 Sept 2025Sainsbury's Local Chichester Minerva Heights Chichester West Sussex
Received 17 Sept 2025Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 17 Sept 20255 Mill Close Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JW
Received 17 Sept 2025Old Tanyard Farm Petworth Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BH
Received 17 Sept 2025Idolsfold House Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0JJ
Received 18 Sept 202511 Owers Way West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HA
Received 16 Sept 2025Ifold Cottage Loxwood Road Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0PE
Received 18 Sept 202514 Ella Close West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8EZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 18 Sept 202542-44 Orchard Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 3BG
Received 16 Sept 2025Groves Farm Colworth Lane Colworth Chichester West Sussex PO20 2DX
Received 19 Sept 2025Pendrills Mill Lane Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO19 3JN
Received 19 Sept 2025Southend Farm Selsey Road Donnington Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PS
Received 19 Sept 2025Westbourne House North Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SN
Received 22 Sept 202588 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HA
Received 22 Sept 2025Willow Cottage Church Lane Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0ED
Received 22 Sept 2025Land North Of Ashover Monks Hill Westbourne West Sussex
Received 22 Sept 2025Sainsbury's Westhampnett Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7YR
Received 22 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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