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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.
599 approved · 683 refused · 439 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 1988 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trilby Cottage Rookwood Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LT
Received 3 Sept 2026Ivy Lodge 59 High Street Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0RB
Received 4 Sept 2026Flint Barn Southwood Farm Shore Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QL
Received 4 Sept 2026Land North Of Northgate Subway Chichester West Sussex
Received 4 Sept 2026West Sussex Health Westhampnett Centre 28 - 29 Westhampnett Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7HH
Received 4 Sept 2026Decoy Farm Decoy Lane Oving Chichester West Sussex PO20 3TR
Received 4 Sept 2026Kellys Farm Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HY
Received 4 Sept 2026Land North Of Penny Lane Hermitage PO10 8HE
Received 9 Sept 202635 Harberton Crescent Chichester West Sussex PO19 5NY
Received 4 Sept 2026Land West Of 2-3 Martin's Farm Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6EU
Received 7 Sept 202648 Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 7 Sept 202648 Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Wood Cot Longlands Road East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8DD
Received 7 Sept 2026Age Concern New Road Southbourne West Sussex
Received 7 Sept 20261A The Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 5PZ
Received 8 Sept 2026Land Between Wicks Cottage And Little Place Redlands Lane West Wittering West Sussex
Received 8 Sept 2026Sealyhams 14 Orchard Avenue Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0AW
Received 8 Sept 2026Crouchlands Farm Rickmans Lane Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LE
Received 8 Sept 20268 Keepers Wood Chichester West Sussex PO19 5XU
Received 8 Sept 20266 Southbourne Avenue Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8BB
Received 9 Sept 2026Baker Barracks Emsworth Road Thorney Island Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8DH
Received 9 Sept 2026Summerheys Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW
Received 9 Sept 2026Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 9 Sept 2026Apuldram House Dell Quay Road Dell Quay Appledram Chichester West Sussex PO20 7EE
Received 9 Sept 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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