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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.
1,418 approved · 128 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 School Hill Warnham West Sussex RH12 3QN
Received 3 Feb 2026Brooks Green Park Emms Lane Brooks Green West Sussex
Received 3 Feb 202629 Kings Stone Avenue Steyning West Sussex BN44 3FJ
Received 3 Feb 2026Gatwick Airport Limited Hangar 7 Larkins Road Gatwick Crawley
Received 26 Jan 2026The Tin Shed Nep Town Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DY
Received 27 Jan 2026Land East of Brighton Road Shermanbury Horsham West Sussex RH13 8HG
Received 27 Jan 2026Land West of Billingshurst West Sussex
Received 2 Feb 202614 Owl Close Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9XJ
Received 3 Feb 2026Firtops Grove Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2RD
Received 3 Feb 202615 Wagtail Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 5HL
Received 3 Feb 20268 Fletcher Way Henfield West Sussex BN5 9FR
Received 4 Feb 202612 The Marts Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3HH
Received 4 Feb 2026Hards Farmhouse Kerves Lane Horsham West Sussex RH13 6RJ
Received 4 Feb 202651 The Fieldings Southwater West Sussex RH13 9LZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Olde Denne Byfleets Lane Warnham West Sussex RH12 3PD
Received 4 Feb 2026Stoneleigh Tower Hill Horsham West Sussex RH13 0AQ
Received 4 Feb 2026Birchwood Lodge Shaws Lane Southwater West Sussex RH13 9BX
Received 4 Feb 2026Ashley House Cagefoot Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9HD
Received 4 Feb 20262 Cutlers Croft Nep Town Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9EL
Received 4 Feb 2026Land West of Smock Alley Haglands Lane West Chiltington West Sussex
Received 27 Jan 2026Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Received 5 Feb 2026Wood Grange Henfield Road Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8DT
Received 5 Feb 2026The Retreat Forest Road Colgate West Sussex RH12 4TB
Received 5 Feb 2026Allotments Amberley Close Horsham West Sussex
Received 5 Feb 2026Records 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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