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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1,397 approved · 128 refused · 61 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oaklands Stud Forest Grange Horsham West Sussex RH13 6HX
Received 28 Nov 2025Picts Barn Picts Lane Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8AN
Received 28 Nov 2025Sixacre Farm Stane Street Adversane West Sussex RH14 9JR
Received 28 Nov 20251 Hilltop Cottages The Mount Ifield West Sussex RH11 0LF
Received 28 Nov 2025Gess Gates Farm Stane Street Adversane West Sussex RH14 9JR
Received 28 Nov 202553 Brook Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 5FS
Received 28 Nov 2025East Lodge Woldringfold Brighton Road Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6NJ
Received 28 Nov 2025Holders Furners Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9HX
Received 1 Dec 2025Tanglin Rambledown Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2NW
Received 1 Dec 2025Rascalls Farm Shipley Road Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9BG
Received 1 Dec 20251 Chestnut Walk Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1AN
Received 2 Dec 2025Moralee Farm Haglands Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2QS
Received 2 Dec 2025Brooklands New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YH
Received 2 Dec 2025Brambledene Hampers Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 3HZ
Received 3 Dec 2025St Andrews Farm Andrews Hill Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9JS
Received 3 Dec 2025Stonepits Manor Marringdean Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HE
Received 3 Dec 2025Chancton Down Horsham Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3AA
Received 3 Dec 20253 Reeves Court Littlehaven Lane Horsham West Sussex RH12 4FH
Received 3 Dec 2025Downsview Paddock New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Land East of 1 To 25 Hayes Lane Slinfold West Sussex
Received 4 Dec 202511 Market Square Horsham West Sussex RH12 1EU
Received 4 Dec 20251 Wychwood Cottages, Barn At Brighton Road Shermanbury West Sussex RH13 8HE
Received 4 Dec 2025Garage Block at Ash Road Southwater West Sussex
Received 4 Dec 202511 Market Square Horsham West Sussex RH12 1EU
Received 5 Dec 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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