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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 Horsham District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,397 approved · 128 refused · 61 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 1930 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southwater Business Park, Sony Dadc Uk Limited Worthing Road Southwater West Sussex RH13 9YT
Received 5 Nov 2025Land On Old Forge Close
Received 7 Nov 2025Rowan Two Mile Ash Horsham West Sussex RH13 0LA
Received 11 Nov 20256 Goose Green Broadbridge Heath Road Warnham West Sussex RH12 3RS
Received 11 Nov 202526A Amberley Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4LN
Received 3 Nov 2025The Old Post Office The Street Thakeham West Sussex RH20 3EP
Received 12 Nov 2025The Coach House The Hollow Washington West Sussex RH20 3DA
Received 13 Nov 2025Lock House Lock Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8EG
Received 17 Nov 202541 The Fieldings Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9LZ
Received 6 Nov 2025Macklins @ The Riverside Swan Bridge Pulborough RH20 2BJ
Received 18 Nov 2025Redgates Burnthouse Lane Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6NN
Received 19 Nov 2025Billhook Farm West Chiltington Lane Coneyhurst Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DN
Received 14 Nov 2025Upper Westbrook Farm Bognor Road Broadbridge Heath West Sussex RH12 3PT
Received 21 Nov 2025Land West of Bines Road Bines Road Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8EQ
Received 24 Nov 2025Barrow Hill Farm Barrow Hill Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DN
Received 24 Nov 2025Barrow Hill Farm Barrow Hill Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DN
Received 24 Nov 2025Park Farm Wheatsheaf Road Woodmancote West Sussex BN5 9BA
Received 24 Nov 202593 Bluecoat Pond Christs Hospital West Sussex RH13 0NW
Received 25 Nov 2025Merrion Farm Bines Green Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8EH
Received 25 Nov 20253 Station Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9RF
Received 26 Nov 2025Sullington Old Rectory Sullington Lane Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4AE
Received 21 Nov 2025Alders Horsham Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3AA
Received 27 Nov 20251 Hilltop Cottages The Mount Ifield West Sussex RH11 0LF
Received 27 Nov 2025Delspride Kent Street Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8BB
Received 27 Nov 2025Records 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 Horsham 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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