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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260 approved · 598 refused · 378 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 St Leodegars Way Hunston Chichester West Sussex PO20 1PF
Received 9 Mar 2026Halifax 21 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HP
Received 9 Mar 2026Rose Cottage Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 9 Mar 2026Rose Cottage Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 9 Mar 2026Littlehaven Shopwhyke Road Shopwhyke Chichester West Sussex PO20 2AA
Received 10 Mar 2026Rumbolds Farm The Street Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0PZ
Received 10 Mar 20267 Croft Way Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0QP
Received 10 Mar 2026Kellys Farm Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HY
Received 10 Mar 2026The Herbery 29 James Street Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0JG
Received 9 Mar 2026Cockleberry Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex PO18 8PN
Received 10 Mar 2026Dunelm Peerley Road East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8PD
Received 10 Mar 2026Shamrock Cottage Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HG
Received 11 Mar 2026Land North West Of Premier Business Park Birdham Road Appledram West Sussex
Received 11 Mar 20262 St Peters Chichester West Sussex PO19 1ND
Received 11 Mar 2026153 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DH
Received 4 Mar 20265 Alandale Road Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QN
Received 11 Mar 2026Littlemead Business Centre Tangmere Road Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2EU
Received 11 Mar 2026Arnos 5 First Avenue Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LA
Received 12 Mar 2026Woodside Pine Grove Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PN
Received 12 Mar 2026Loxwood Hall West Guildford Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QP
Received 12 Mar 2026Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 12 Mar 2026Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 12 Mar 20261 Downsview Cottages Highfield Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2AB
Received 12 Mar 20261 Downsview Cottages Highfield Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 2AB
Received 12 Mar 2026Records 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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