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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.
1,428 approved · 128 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wayside Manleys Hill Storrington West Sussex RH20 4BN
Received 17 Feb 202618 Smugglers Way Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0PP
Received 17 Feb 2026Pemberley Copsale Road Maplehurst West Sussex RH13 6QY
Received 17 Feb 2026Topham Farm Rusper Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4QS
Received 4 Feb 2026Cattlestone Farm Harbolets Road West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2LG
Received 17 Feb 2026Timberdown Harborough Drive West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2PN
Received 17 Feb 2026Denver Storage Okehurst Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HR
Received 17 Feb 202639A Springfield Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2PG
Received 17 Feb 2026Roundstone Park Worthing Road Southwater West Sussex
Received 2 Feb 2026Telecommunications Mast 31741 Southlands Farm Brighton Road Monks Gate West Sussex
Received 3 Feb 2026Land North West of Woodpeckers Kings Lane Coldwaltham West Sussex
Received 5 Feb 202624 Richmond Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2EG
Received 11 Feb 2026Angel Sand Pit Water Lane Storrington West Sussex
Received 6 Feb 2026Phase 2, Mowbray
Received 18 Feb 2026Telecom Securicor Cellular Radio Limited Telecommunications Mast Arundel Court Brookers Road Billingshurst West Sussex
Received 10 Feb 202673 Daux Avenue Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TD
Received 18 Feb 202655 Brighton Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 6EZ
Received 18 Feb 2026Well Cottage Emms Lane Brooks Green West Sussex RH13 0TR
Received 18 Feb 20267 Waters Edge Station Road Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1AX
Received 18 Feb 202689 Merryfield Drive Horsham West Sussex RH12 2AU
Received 18 Feb 2026Westhope Lodge North Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RJ
Received 18 Feb 2026St Andrews Parish Church Vicarage Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YQ
Received 18 Feb 2026Land To The South of Tanyard Field Adjacent To Seven Chimneys Cagefoot Lane Henfield West Sussex
Received 18 Feb 2026Old Clayton Boarding Kennels Storrington Road Washington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4AG
Received 19 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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