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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.
727 approved · 683 refused · 439 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Cedar Drive Chichester West Sussex PO19 3EJ
Received 30 Sept 2026Unit 4 Cathedral Business Park Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EN
Received 30 Sept 2026New Life Christian Church Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8HA
Received 30 Sept 202697 Maplehurst Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6RP
Received 30 Sept 2026Trerose Cottage Blindcauseway Village Road Kirdford Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0LU
Received 30 Sept 2026Unit 2 Vinnetrow Farm Business Centre Vinnetrow Road Runcton West Sussex PO20 1QH
Received 1 Oct 2026Wellington Grange Broyle Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 6ED
Received 1 Oct 2026Little Orchard The Triangle Westlands Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HG
Received 1 Oct 2026Avenue Cottage Main Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PN
Received 1 Oct 202617 Exeter Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5EF
Received 2 Oct 20261 Tower Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QH
Received 2 Oct 2026Berberis Loxwood Road Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0PE
Received 1 Oct 2026The Ranch House Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JL
Received 2 Oct 2026Wakesway The Street Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7AN
Received 2 Oct 2026The Coach House Pigbush Lane Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QY
Received 2 Oct 2026Land Adjacent To Fairyhill Old Broyle Road West Broyle Chichester West Sussex PO19 3PJ
Received 2 Oct 2026Hook Farm Hook Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8EY
Received 5 Oct 2026Tidewater Landing Bosham Hoe Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8ET
Received 5 Oct 2026Earnley Concourse Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JN
Received 5 Oct 2026Hawthorne Cottage Guildford Road Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0SF
Received 5 Oct 2026The Sidings Elms Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LW
Received 5 Oct 2026Detached Annexe Durbans Road Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0DQ
Received 5 Oct 2026Land West Of Brickfield Cottages Rotten Row Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 5 Oct 20263 Second Avenue Bracklesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 8HL
Received 5 Oct 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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