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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.
1,404 approved · 128 refused · 61 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maplenut Farm Maplehurst Road West Grinstead West Sussex RH13 6RN
Received 17 Dec 2025Old House Manor Estate Cowfold Road Coolham West Sussex RH13 8QL
Received 18 Dec 2025Willow Cottage North Parade Horsham West Sussex RH12 2QR
Received 18 Dec 2025Kestrels Rectory Lane Ashington West Sussex RH20 3AS
Received 18 Dec 202533 Silver Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9RN
Received 18 Dec 2025Shermanbury Place Brighton Road Shermanbury West Sussex RH13 8HF
Received 18 Dec 20255 Kingsfold Close Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HG
Received 18 Dec 20254 Hillside Road Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 3LZ
Received 11 Dec 2025Hurst Hill, Topham Farm Rusper Road Rusper West Sussex RH12 4QS
Received 18 Dec 2025Holmbush Bungalow Hayes Lane Slinfold West Sussex RH13 0SL
Received 18 Dec 2025Greenacres Saucelands Lane Shipley West Sussex RH13 8PU
Received 18 Dec 2025Beckley Stud Reeds Lane Southwater West Sussex RH13 9DQ
Received 19 Dec 2025Lock House Lock Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8EG
Received 19 Dec 20255 Beedingwood Drive Colgate West Sussex RH12 4TE
Received 19 Dec 2025Kilnwood Vale Sub-Phase 3DEFG Kilnwood Vale Crawley Road Horsham Faygate
Received 19 Dec 2025Mowbray Phase RM7 Rusper Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4PR
Received 19 Dec 202526 Barrington Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 5SN
Received 19 Dec 2025Smg (Cowfold) Ltd Henfield Road Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8DT
Received 19 Dec 2025The Hatch Kent Street Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8BG
Received 19 Dec 2025White Oaks Grove Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2RD
Received 19 Dec 2025Mowbray Sub Phase 2 Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 22 Dec 202519 St Michaels Way Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8LA
Received 22 Dec 2025Rockwell 44 Pondtail Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 5HR
Received 22 Dec 2025Broad Oak Cagefoot Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9HD
Received 22 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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