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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.
1,400 approved · 128 refused · 61 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Smith and Western 37 North Parade Horsham West Sussex RH12 2QR
Received 10 Dec 2025Brangwyn Station Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9UP
Received 10 Dec 2025Bluebell Wood Bashurst Hill Itchingfield West Sussex
Received 10 Dec 2025Tea Caddy Cottages Worthing Road West Grinstead West Sussex RH13 8LG
Received 2 Dec 202515 Fairfield Cottages Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BL
Received 10 Dec 2025Land at Sumners Ponds Chapel Road Barns Green West Sussex
Received 10 Dec 20252 The Forge Byfleets Lane Warnham West Sussex RH12 3UA
Received 10 Dec 2025Oakfield Cox Green Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3DD
Received 10 Dec 2025Mowbray Development Site Land North of Horsham Rusper Horsham
Received 10 Dec 2025Kingsmead Nursing Home Crawley Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4RX
Received 11 Dec 2025Rapley Cottage Nep Town Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DU
Received 11 Dec 202510 Finians Field Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0PW
Received 11 Dec 20252 Hillside Road Storrington West Sussex RH20 3LZ
Received 11 Dec 20253 St Leonards Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 6EH
Received 11 Dec 20255 Lambs Farm Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 4JZ
Received 11 Dec 202540 Newland Road Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3JJ
Received 11 Dec 2025Bentons Cottage, Bentons Cottage Office Bentons Lane Dial Post West Sussex RH13 8NP
Received 11 Dec 2025White Gables Sandygate Lane Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6LR
Received 11 Dec 2025Pentland New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YH
Received 12 Dec 2025Old Clayton Boarding Kennels Storrington Road Washington West Sussex RH20 4AG
Received 12 Dec 20258 Palmer Close Storrington West Sussex RH20 3HN
Received 12 Dec 20256 Wildbrooks Close Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2GP
Received 12 Dec 2025Cotlands Paddock Horsham Road Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8AH
Received 12 Dec 2025Leith View Worthing Road Southwater West Sussex RH13 9HA
Received 12 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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