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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1,418 approved · 128 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To 21 Alley Groves Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8BN
Received 5 Feb 2026Woodside Equestrian Centre Forest Road Colgate West Sussex RH12 4TF
Received 5 Feb 2026The Hyde Rusper Road Ifield West Sussex RH11 0LN
Received 5 Feb 202629 Shepherds Way Horsham West Sussex RH12 4LT
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At 509354 126590 Hilland Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HN
Received 5 Feb 2026Land To The North of High Bar Lane Thakeham West Sussex
Received 5 Feb 2026The Bungalow The Haven Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9BN
Received 6 Feb 2026Land Parcel at 507911 125837 Newbridge Road Billingshurst West Sussex
Received 6 Feb 2026Tipnoak Lodge School Lane Ashurst West Sussex BN44 3AY
Received 6 Feb 2026Baileys Farm Brooks Green Road Coolham West Sussex RH13 8GR
Received 6 Feb 2026Hillybarn Farmhouse The Mount Ifield West Sussex RH11 0LF
Received 6 Feb 2026Highwood Kithurst Park Storrington West Sussex RH20 4JH
Received 6 Feb 2026Land at 516512 133748 Dorking Road Warnham West Sussex
Received 6 Feb 20261 West Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1PA
Received 6 Feb 2026Nightingale Hall Barn Shoreham Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9SF
Received 6 Feb 2026Kilnwood Vale Neighbourhood Centre Calvert Link Faygate West Sussex RH12 0BZ
Received 6 Feb 2026Angell Sand Pit Washington Road Storrington West Sussex
Received 6 Feb 2026Coopers Nursery, Woodside Lodge Picts Lane Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8AT
Received 9 Feb 2026Chanctonbury Nurseries Rectory Lane Ashington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 3AS
Received 9 Feb 2026New April Cottage Furze View Slinfold West Sussex RH13 0RH
Received 9 Feb 2026Land South of Platts Roundabout Newbridge Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HY
Received 9 Feb 2026Brock Spinney Harborough Drive West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2PN
Received 9 Feb 2026Little Whitcombe Church Street Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YB
Received 9 Feb 202626 Amberley Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4LN
Received 28 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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