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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.
753 approved · 683 refused · 439 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Wells Crescent Chichester West Sussex PO19 5EU
Received 5 Oct 202638 Worcester Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5DZ
Received 6 Oct 2026Sparrwood Farm Dunsfold Road Plaistow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0QF
Received 6 Oct 20261 Mount Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DQ
Received 6 Oct 202627 Westgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 3EZ
Received 6 Oct 202641 Lyndhurst Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7PE
Received 6 Oct 2026Saxons The Street Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0EB
Received 6 Oct 2026Former Fuel Depot Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO20 1EJ
Received 6 Oct 2026Land South Of Longacre Way Longacres Way Chichester West Sussex
Received 6 Oct 2026Land North Of A259 Flat Farm Main Road Chidham West Sussex
Received 6 Oct 202616 North Walls Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DA
Received 6 Oct 2026Cockleberry Farm Main Road Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8PN
Received 6 Oct 2026Forum House Stirling Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7DN
Received 7 Oct 20262 Chestnut Cottages Lake Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7SW
Received 7 Oct 2026Farm Buildings Taylors Lane Bosham West Sussex
Received 7 Oct 2026Oakdene Mill Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NA
Received 7 Oct 2026Westland Copse Oakhurst Farm Oakhurst Lane Loxwood West Sussex
Received 7 Oct 2026The Crab And Lobster Mill Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NB
Received 7 Oct 2026The Crab And Lobster Mill Lane Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7NB
Received 7 Oct 202634 Beech Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DS
Received 7 Oct 2026Field East Of Easton Farm Easton Lane Sidlesham West Sussex
Received 8 Oct 2026Land West Of Drift Lane Chidham West Sussex
Received 8 Oct 2026Church Farm Itchenor Road West Itchenor Chichester West Sussex PO20 7DL
Received 9 Oct 2026Roseberry House North Street Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8UN
Received 9 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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