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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.
1,438 approved · 129 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gratwicke Cottage 16A East Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9PY
Received 2 Mar 202660 Pondtail Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 5HR
Received 2 Mar 2026Wood Grange Henfield Road Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8DT
Received 2 Mar 2026Wood Grange Henfield Road Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8DT
Received 2 Mar 20261 Bailey Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 5QR
Received 2 Mar 2026Warminghurst Farm Manor Buildings Park Lane Ashington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 3AW
Received 20 Feb 2026Sussex Topiary Naldretts Lane Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3BU
Received 24 Feb 2026Furnace Lakes Guildford Road Slinfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 0QZ
Received 2 Mar 202625 Church Lane Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3HP
Received 2 Mar 2026Raxendale Chestnut Close Storrington West Sussex RH20 3PA
Received 3 Mar 2026The Boathouse Palmers Barn West Chiltington Lane Coneyhurst Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DN
Received 3 Mar 2026Priory Fields Monastery Lane Storrington West Sussex
Received 3 Mar 2026Cray Depot Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 5HD
Received 3 Mar 2026Pets at Home 55 - 69 East Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1HR
Received 3 Mar 2026The Coach House Park Lane West Grinstead West Sussex RH13 8LT
Received 3 Mar 2026Moatfield Farm Kings Lane Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8BD
Received 4 Mar 2026117 Depot Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 5HN
Received 4 Mar 2026Beechmore Castlegate West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2NJ
Received 4 Mar 2026Near High Barn Bungalow Broadford Bridge Road West Chiltington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2LD
Received 23 Feb 2026Telecommunications Mast Water Tower Tower Road Colgate West Sussex
Received 26 Feb 2026Near Animal Feed Store Sincox Lane Coolham West Sussex
Received 2 Mar 202629 Highlands Avenue Horsham West Sussex RH13 5LW
Received 27 Feb 2026Land South of Hascombe Farm Horn Lane Henfield West Sussex
Received 3 Mar 2026Lower Perryland Farm Basing Hill Access Road Dial Post West Sussex RH13 8NT
Received 4 Mar 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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