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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.
261 approved · 598 refused · 378 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Grange Grange Lane Church Norton Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9DS
Received 26 Mar 2026Watergate Harbour Way Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QH
Received 26 Mar 2026128A Oving Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7EP
Received 26 Mar 2026The Burrow Claypit Lane Westhampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NU
Received 27 Mar 2026Fairacre 25 Appledram Lane South Fishbourne Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PE
Received 27 Mar 202611 Tudor Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QZ
Received 27 Mar 2026Land North Of Good View Priors Leaze Lane Hambrook Chidham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RG
Received 27 Mar 202626 Flaxman Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 3NA
Received 25 Mar 2026Salthill House Salthill Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PY
Received 27 Mar 2026Salthill House Salthill Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PY
Received 27 Mar 2026Land South Of Longacre Way Longacres Way Chichester West Sussex
Received 27 Mar 20264 Fairfield Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8JH
Received 30 Mar 2026West Cottage Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HT
Received 30 Mar 2026Greengates Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DA
Received 30 Mar 2026Funfair West Sands Caravan Park Mill Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9BL
Received 30 Mar 2026Land South Of Lowlands North Mundham West Sussex
Received 30 Mar 2026The Homing Lower Hone Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QN
Received 30 Mar 20264 Oak Way Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RU
Received 30 Mar 2026Land South Of Clappers Lane Clappers Lane Earnley West Sussex
Received 30 Mar 2026Land South Of 14-25 Tollhouse Close Chichester West Sussex
Received 31 Mar 2026Willow House Mill Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NA
Received 31 Mar 202613 Ashburnham Close Chichester West Sussex PO19 3NB
Received 31 Mar 202639 New Road Camelsdale Linchmere Haslemere West Sussex GU27 3RP
Received 31 Mar 2026Wayside Mill Lane Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9BQ
Received 31 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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