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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.
262 approved · 600 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Four Acre Nursery Cooks Lane Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8LQ
Received 8 Jun 2026Baker Barracks Emsworth Road Thorney Island Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DH
Received 8 Jun 2026The Rosary 2 The Avenue Hambrook Chichester West Sussex PO18 8TY
Received 8 Jun 2026Rose Cottage Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 8 Jun 2026Section House Police Station 105 Kingsham Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8AD
Received 9 Jun 2026Oak Harbour Jury Lane Sidlesham Common Chichester West Sussex PO20 7PX
Received 9 Jun 2026Laneside Bosham Lane Bosham West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 2026Brambletye North Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8SR
Received 9 Jun 202620 Lewis Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LZ
Received 9 Jun 2026Baker Barracks Emsworth Road Thorney Island Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DH
Received 9 Jun 2026Eames Farm Thorney Road Southbourne West Sussex PO10 8DE
Received 8 Jun 2026Hammonds Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH
Received 9 Jun 2026Hammonds Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH
Received 9 Jun 202671 Windsor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7XG
Received 10 Jun 2026Priory House Priory Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 1NS
Received 10 Jun 2026Land North Of Larock Post Office Lane North Mundham West Sussex
Received 11 Jun 2026Land North Of Laroch Post Office Lane North Mundham West Sussex
Received 10 Jun 2026Earnley Concourse Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JN
Received 10 Jun 2026Garage Next To Galleon House 63 High Street Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LT
Received 10 Jun 2026Garage North Of Galleon House 63 High Street Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8LT
Received 10 Jun 2026Rendezvous Chapel Lane Densworth Chichester West Sussex PO18 9AW
Received 11 Jun 2026Kingfisher Cottage Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HH
Received 12 Jun 2026St Pancras Church & 1-2 St Pancras St Pancras Chichester West Sussex PO19 7LJ
Received 11 Jun 2026Fernlea 7 Sturt Avenue Camelsdale Linchmere Haslemere West Sussex GU27 3SJ
Received 12 Jun 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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