Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
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Land West of Ifield, Charlwood Road, Ifield, West Sussex
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Council sourceConsultation from Horsham District Council for Hybrid planning application (part outline and part full planning application) for a phased, mixed use development comprising: A full element covering enabling infrastructure including the Crawley Western Multi-Modal Corridor (Phase 1, including access from Charlwood Road and crossing points) and access infrastructure to enable servicing and delivery of secondary school site and future development, including access to Rusper Road, supported by associated infrastructure, utilities and works, alongside: An outline element (with all matters reserved) including up to 3,000 residential homes (Class C2 and C3), commercial, business and service (Class E), general industrial (Class B2), storage or distribution (Class B8), hotel (Class C1), community and education facilities (Use Classes F1 and F2), gypsy and traveller pitches (sui generis), public open space with sports pitches, recreation, play and ancillary facilities, landscaping, water abstraction boreholes and associated infrastructure, utilities and works, including pedestrian and cycle routes and enabling demolition. This hybrid planning application is for a phased development intended to be capable of coming forward in distinct and separable phases and/or plots in a severable way (HDC application reference DC/25/1312)
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form HDC w of i.pdfApplication Forms | 4 Sept 2025 | View |
| West of Ifield - Site Location Plan.pdfCurrent Drawings | 4 Sept 2025 | View |
| WOI-HPA-PLAN-LOC-01_Location Plan.pdfCurrent Drawings | Not published | View |
| WOI-HPA-PLAN-PP01-01_Landscape Parameter Plan.pdfCurrent Drawings | Not published | View |
| ufm343_Standard_Initial_Consultation_-_External(1).pdfOther Documents | 4 Sept 2025 | View |
| Response to Crawley BC.pdfOther Documents | 14 Apr 2026 | View |
| Blank_letter_CR20250334CON(1).pdfOther Documents | 14 May 2026 | View |
| Blank_letter_CR20250334CON.pdfOther Documents | 4 Sept 2025 | View |
| Public reports pack 01122025 1930 Planning Committee.pdfOfficer Report | 2 Dec 2025 | View |
| DN_CR20250334CON(1).pdfDecision | 2 Dec 2025 | View |
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