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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.
1,424 approved · 128 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wellsprings Blackhouse Road Colgate West Sussex RH13 6HS
Received 9 Feb 2026Herons Holt Hurston Lane Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4HF
Received 9 Feb 2026Horsham Park Horsham West Sussex
Received 28 Jan 202659 Ropeland Way Horsham West Sussex RH12 5NY
Received 9 Feb 2026Denne Meadows Farm Denne Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 1JR
Received 9 Feb 202659 Swann Way Broadbridge Heath West Sussex RH12 3NQ
Received 10 Feb 2026Cherry Tree Cottage Sunset Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2NY
Received 10 Feb 2026Cherry Tree Inn Crawley Road Faygate West Sussex RH12 4SA
Received 10 Feb 2026Wildwood Winterpit Lane Mannings Heath West Sussex RH13 6LZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Goldings Mill Road West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2PZ
Received 11 Feb 2026Twittenside, Montrose House Penfold Way Steyning West Sussex BN44 3TW
Received 11 Feb 2026Twittenside, Anegada Penfold Way Steyning West Sussex BN44 3TW
Received 11 Feb 2026Banksia 6 Church Grove West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2QL
Received 11 Feb 2026The Capitol North Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RG
Received 30 Jan 2026Nuthurst Cricket Club Pavilion Golding Lane Mannings Heath West Sussex RH13 6JX
Received 11 Feb 2026Blakers Yard Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham West Sussex RH13 8NH
Received 11 Feb 2026Land North of Glebe Farm and Kings Barn Lane Kings Barn Lane Steyning West Sussex
Received 11 Feb 20265 Weald Close Horsham West Sussex RH13 6HE
Received 12 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To 17 High Street Storrington West Sussex RH20 4DR
Received 12 Feb 2026Mulberry House 8 The Square Storrington West Sussex RH20 4DJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Recreation Ground Pulborough Road Storrington West Sussex RH20 4HJ
Received 12 Feb 20266 Heathermead West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2SE
Received 12 Feb 2026The Clearing Rock Road Storrington West Sussex RH20 3AF
Received 12 Feb 2026Merrion Farm Bines Green Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8EH
Received 12 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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