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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chichester District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
257 approved · 591 refused · 373 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clydesdale Hambrook Hill South Hambrook Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8UJ
Received 25 Sept 2025Land South Of Chichester Enterprise Centre Terminus Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 25 Sept 20252 Windsor House Windmill Drive Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2AR
Received 25 Sept 2025Rawmere Rew Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QH
Received 25 Sept 20252 Forge Cottages Main Road Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8AT
Received 25 Sept 2025Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 25 Sept 2025Land To The West Of Centurion Way; Land At Bishop Luffa School; Land At And Adjoining Westgate And; Land To The North-east Of Old Broyle Road And St Pauls Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 25 Sept 2025Land West Of Centurion Way And West Of Old Broyle Road Old Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex
Received 26 Sept 2025Bishops Palace Garden Canon Lane Chichester West Sussex
Received 26 Sept 2025Woodland At Rear And Adjacent To The Coach House The Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QQ
Received 26 Sept 2025Linden House Scant Road West Hambrook Chichester West Sussex PO18 8UA
Received 26 Sept 2025The Old Army Camp Cemetery Lane Woodmancote Westbourne West Sussex
Received 26 Sept 2025Wayside Cottage Tuppenny Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8HG
Received 29 Sept 2025Rownberts Woodmancote Lane Woodmancote Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8RD
Received 29 Sept 2025Crossways Cottage Petworth Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DR
Received 29 Sept 2025Rolls Royce Motor Cars The Drive Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0SH
Received 25 Sept 2025County Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD
Received 30 Sept 2025Land To The West Of Church Road Church Road West Wittering West Sussex
Received 26 Sept 2025South Nore Snow Hill West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AT
Received 30 Sept 2025Land East Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 30 Sept 2025Vauxhall Frosts A27 Chichester Bypass Eastbound Chichester West Sussex PO19 8TH
Received 30 Sept 2025Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 30 Sept 20251 White House Cottages School Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DU
Received 29 Sept 2025101C First Avenue Almodington Batchmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 7LQ
Received 30 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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