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Horsham District Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Horsham District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,238Searchable applications
444Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,575 approved or refused records
129Refused applications
1,446 approved · 129 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas53 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- DecidedDC/26/0471
Change of Use for the stationing of a mobile home on the site for a temporary period of 5 years in which to accommodate a rural worker.
Winterfields Farm Golf Club Lane Wiggonholt Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2EN
Received 10 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0472
Erection of 9no. dwellings with associated car parking spaces, detached carports, garages and landscaping.
Land North of Eastlands Lane Cowfold West Sussex
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0473
Erection of fence along east boundary.
Blonks Hooklands Lane Shipley West Sussex RH13 8PY
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0474
Relocation of the internal gas meter to an external position. (Listed Building Consent).
Long Platt The Street Nutbourne West Sussex RH20 2HE
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0475
Erection of a two storey rear extension with double pitched roof and a single storey side extension. Replacement of existing front porch. Extension of existing front facade. Extension of rear patio.
18 Heron Way Horsham West Sussex RH13 6DQ
Received 17 Mar 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/0476
Erection of a single storey front extension, shopfront alterations, associated works and internal alterations (Full Application).
47 London Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 1AN
Received 17 Mar 2026 - RegisteredDC/26/0477
Erection of a single storey front extension, shopfront alterations, associated works and internal alterations. (Listed Building Consent).
47 London Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 1AN
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0478
Application to confirm the completion of a stable building (Lawful Development Certificate - Existing).
Yew Tree Cottage Forest Road Colgate West Sussex RH12 4SZ
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0479
Erection of a single storey side extension, detached garage with integrated pool house and swimming pool. (Householder Application).
Shuckers Farm House Copsale Road Maplehurst West Sussex RH13 6QY
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0480
Erection of a single storey side extension, detached garage with integrated pool house and swimming pool. (Listed Building Consent).
Shuckers Farm House Copsale Road Maplehurst West Sussex RH13 6QY
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0481
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension, and conversion of garage into habitable living space.
7 Rowan Way Horsham West Sussex RH12 4NS
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0482
Demolition of existing outbuildings, and erection of double garage with room above.
2 Rose Cottages Friday Street Rusper West Sussex RH12 4QA
Received 18 Mar 2026 - UnknownDC/26/0483
Conversion and extension of existing detached residential garage and storage building to self contained residential dwellinghouse.
1 Stablehouse Bungalows Leechpond Hill Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6NP
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0484
Notification of the 2026 camping season
Peacock Farm Peacocks Lane Thakeham West Sussex RH20 2LS
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedDISC/26/0093
Approval of details reserved by condition(s) 7 to approved application DC/16/1677 (Phase 2 only).
Phase 2, Mowbray Development Site Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDISC/26/0094
Approval of details reserved by condition(s) 2 to approved application DC/20/1829.
Land North of Hosham Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0485
Erection of a single storey side extension with link, installation of new driveway, and replacement gates and greenhouse.
Willow Cottage Spinney Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2NX
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0486
Surgery to 1 x Oak.
The Firs Dauxwood Close Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TA
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedDISC/26/0095
Approval of details reserved by condition(s) 15 (hard & soft landscaping) and 16 (Landscape Management Plan) (Site B only) and part approval of condition 14 (Contamination Verification Plan) (plots 1 and 2 only) to approved application DC/20/1869.
Dial Post Developments Worthing Road Dial Post West Sussex
Received 19 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0487
Part change of Use of Unit 8 from storage to offices. (Retrospective).
Wellingham Way, Units 7 And 8 And 9 Crawley Road Westbound Colgate West Sussex RH12 4SE
Received 19 Mar 2026 - DecidedDISC/26/0096
Approval of details reserved by the standard BNG condition to approved application DC/25/2115.
Mackley Industrial Estate Henfield Road Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9XR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0488
Installation of defibrillator and bleed kit cabinets to external wall of Nationwide Building Society branch. (Listed Building Consent).
36-37 Carfax Horsham West Sussex RH12 1EQ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - DecidedDISC/26/0097
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 to approved application DC/25/0286.
Rapkyns Old Stable Guildford Road Broadbridge Heath West Sussex RH12 3PQ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - DecidedDC/26/0489
Erection of a detached double garage and garden room
Fernhurst Billingshurst Road Coolham West Sussex RH13 8QN
Received 20 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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