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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1,438 approved · 129 refused · 62 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Wimblehurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2EA
Received 4 Mar 2026Storrington Cricket Club Pulborough Road Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4HJ
Received 25 Feb 2026Henfield Vicarage Church Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9NY
Received 4 Mar 202612 Cape Copse Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3HG
Received 4 Mar 2026Birchfield Nursery London Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9AB
Received 4 Mar 202613 Cape Copse Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3HG
Received 4 Mar 202683A Arun House, Flat High Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9QX
Received 4 Mar 2026Land at Duckmoor East of Billingshurst Billingshurst RH14 9DZ
Received 4 Mar 20268 Amberley Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 4LL
Received 5 Mar 2026Guildenhurst Stud Lordings Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9JB
Received 5 Mar 2026Guildenhurst Stud Lordings Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9JB
Received 5 Mar 2026Appledore Two Mile Ash Road Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0PZ
Received 5 Mar 2026Westwells Harbolets Road West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2LQ
Received 5 Mar 2026Guildenhurst Stud Lordings Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9JB
Received 5 Mar 2026Mount View Stane Street North Heath West Sussex RH20 1DN
Received 5 Mar 2026Rushmear House Sandy Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9UX
Received 5 Mar 2026Tresleigh Gay Street Lane North Heath West Sussex RH20 2HW
Received 5 Mar 2026Grey Oak Tudor Close Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2EF
Received 5 Mar 20262 Carfax Horsham West Sussex RH12 1DN
Received 5 Mar 202699 Blackbridge Lane Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RU
Received 5 Mar 2026Land To The West of Horsham Road Horsham Road Steyning BN44 3AA
Received 5 Mar 2026Orvello Southwater Street Southwater West Sussex RH13 9BN
Received 6 Mar 20261 West Wantley Cottages Fryern Road Storrington West Sussex RH20 4BJ
Received 6 Mar 2026Brookfield House Worthing Road Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9DT
Received 6 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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