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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.
1,450 approved · 129 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Montpelier Gardens Washington West Sussex RH20 3BW
Received 2 Apr 2026Holland House Hollands Way Warnham West Sussex RH12 3RH
Received 2 Apr 2026Tanners Hollands Way Warnham West Sussex RH12 3RH
Received 2 Apr 2026The Barn West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DP
Received 2 Apr 2026Nuthurst Cricket Club Pavilion Golding Lane Mannings Heath West Sussex RH13 6JX
Received 2 Apr 2026Amen Cottage Manleys Hill Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4BN
Received 2 Apr 2026Tanyard Field, Tanyard Barn Cagefoot Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9HD
Received 2 Apr 20269 Haybarn Drive Horsham West Sussex RH12 5JF
Received 2 Apr 2026Bramber Brooks (Off) The Street Bramber BN44 3WE
Received 2 Apr 202630 Sycamore Avenue Horsham West Sussex RH12 4TS
Received 2 Apr 2026Silvermead Cripps Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YD
Received 7 Apr 202628 The Pines Horsham West Sussex RH12 4UF
Received 7 Apr 2026Chapel View The Street Slinfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 0RP
Received 7 Apr 202644 College Road Southwater West Sussex RH13 9EH
Received 7 Apr 2026High Beech Mill Lane Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6PX
Received 6 Apr 20262 The Gables Nightingale Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 4TB
Received 6 Apr 2026The Willows The Street Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8BW
Received Not publishedLock House Lock Partridge Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 8EG
Received 7 Apr 2026Lock House Lock Partridge Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 8EG
Received 7 Apr 2026Kings Head 40 High Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9NY
Received 7 Apr 2026Moat Cottage Worthing Road Dial Post West Sussex RH13 8NS
Received 7 Apr 2026Merrion Farm Bines Green Partridge Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 8EH
Received 8 Apr 2026Blackstone Gate Farm Henfield Road Albourne West Sussex BN6 9JJ
Received 8 Apr 202626 Furze Road Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3ES
Received 8 Apr 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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