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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.
1,426 approved · 128 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Andrews Farm House Station Road Warnham West Sussex RH12 3SP
Received 12 Feb 2026River Terrace Ridgehurst Drive Horsham West Sussex RH12 1XF
Received 12 Feb 20266 Pipers Close Southwater West Sussex RH13 9DU
Received 12 Feb 2026Ashington House London Road Ashington West Sussex RH20 3AT
Received 12 Feb 2026Tanners Farm Lordings Road Adversane West Sussex RH14 9JE
Received 12 Feb 2026Tanners Farm Lordings Road Adversane West Sussex RH14 9JE
Received 12 Feb 2026Chandlers West Chiltington Lane Broadford Bridge West Sussex RH14 9EA
Received 12 Feb 202635 Three Acres Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RS
Received 12 Feb 2026Unit 28 Huffwood Trading Estate Brookers Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9UR
Received 12 Feb 2026Spring Gardens Nursery Spring Gardens Washington West Sussex RH20 3BS
Received 13 Feb 2026Shermanbury Place Brighton Road Shermanbury West Sussex RH13 8HF
Received 13 Feb 2026Tanglewood Cottage Hurston Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 4HF
Received 13 Feb 20263 Easton Crescent Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TU
Received 13 Feb 20266 Willow Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4UN
Received 13 Feb 2026Highgate Hammerpond Road Plummers Plain West Sussex RH13 6PE
Received 13 Feb 2026Lackeys Hooklands Lane Shipley West Sussex RH13 8PX
Received 13 Feb 2026West Chiltington House Harbolets Road West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2LG
Received 13 Feb 2026Long House Handford Way Plummers Plain West Sussex RH13 6PD
Received 16 Feb 20263 School Hill Storrington West Sussex RH20 4NA
Received 16 Feb 2026Kingfisher Farm West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DR
Received 16 Feb 202612 Daux Way Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TG
Received 16 Feb 2026Hassocks House Comptons Brow Lane Horsham West Sussex RH13 6BX
Received 16 Feb 2026Holme Street House Broomers Hill Lane Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2DU
Received 16 Feb 20262 Brockwell Cottages Faygate Lane Faygate West Sussex RH12 4SH
Received 16 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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