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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.
1,461 approved · 132 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lancasters Cottage Littleworth Lane Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8EJ
Received 29 Apr 2026St Johns Farm Trout Lane Brooks Green West Sussex RH13 0JN
Received 30 Apr 2026West Cottage Hayes Wood Road Five Oaks West Sussex RH14 9AS
Received 30 Apr 202631 Wood End Horsham West Sussex RH12 4NT
Received 30 Apr 2026171 Farhalls Crescent Horsham West Sussex RH12 4BX
Received 30 Apr 202665 The Spinney Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2AR
Received 30 Apr 2026The Mowbray Development Site Horsham West Sussex
Received 29 Apr 202657 Bethune Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 5JN
Received 30 Apr 202639A Roman Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3FN
Received 29 Apr 2026Arun House 83A High Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9QX
Received 30 Apr 2026Carnforth New Barn Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2PP
Received 30 Apr 2026Nyetimber Farm Gay Street Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2HH
Received 30 Apr 2026Ashfolds Horsham Road Rusper West Sussex RH12 4QX
Received 1 May 2026Old House Tismans Common Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3BW
Received 1 May 2026Baileys Farm Brooks Green Road Coolham West Sussex RH13 8GR
Received 1 May 2026Kentons Farm Cottages Brighton Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9RT
Received 1 May 2026Chewton The Street Slinfold West Sussex RH13 0RR
Received 1 May 2026Envision House 5 North Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1XQ
Received 1 May 2026Cibses Cottage Kidders Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9AB
Received 1 May 202676 Cootes Avenue Horsham West Sussex RH12 2AG
Received 4 May 2026Steyning Grammar School Boarding Church Street Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YH
Received 4 May 202625 Depot Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 5HE
Received 4 May 2026Horsham Police Station Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2DJ
Received 1 May 2026Hareswith Holt Greenhurst Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 3EY
Received 5 May 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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