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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.
1,432 approved · 128 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brook House Wimland Road Faygate West Sussex RH12 4SS
Received 20 Feb 2026Brook Court Redford Avenue Horsham West Sussex RH12 2RB
Received 20 Feb 20267 Beechwood Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YS
Received 20 Feb 2026Elmley House Holland Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3GJ
Received 20 Feb 2026Belwethers Old Mill Place Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2DR
Received 23 Feb 2026Little Park Park Road Slinfold West Sussex RH13 0SD
Received 23 Feb 202612 Forest Mews Horsham West Sussex RH12 4GG
Received 23 Feb 2026Mill Farm Mill Lane Itchingfield West Sussex RH13 0NP
Received 23 Feb 2026Mill Farm Mill Lane Itchingfield West Sussex RH13 0NP
Received 23 Feb 2026Land East of Unit 4 Haglands Lane West Chiltington West Sussex
Received 23 Feb 2026Clarence House High Street Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DA
Received 23 Feb 2026Nether Maudlin Maudlin Lane Bramber BN44 3PR
Received 23 Feb 2026Steyning Grammar Upper School Shooting Field Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RX
Received 23 Feb 2026Southdown House High Street Henfield West Sussex
Received 23 Feb 202660 Oriel Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 6AH
Received 23 Feb 2026Land North of Glebe Farm and Kings Barn Lane Kings Barn Lane Steyning West Sussex
Received 23 Feb 2026Nightingale Farm Sincox Lane Shipley West Sussex RH13 8PT
Received 24 Feb 202611 Batts Drive Henfield West Sussex BN5 9TX
Received 24 Feb 2026Ingfield Manor School Ingfield Manor Drive Five Oaks Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9AX
Received 11 Feb 2026Aerial Mast Upper Knocksop Field Old House Lane Coolham West Sussex
Received 16 Feb 2026Telecommunications Mast Water Tower Tower Road Colgate West Sussex
Received 16 Feb 2026Ransoms Station Road Pulborough West Sussex
Received 16 Feb 2026Coppice Hanger Church Hill Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1AB
Received 16 Feb 20267 Fletchers Southwater West Sussex RH13 9BE
Received 24 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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