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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.
1,466 approved · 132 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Cedar Drive Southwater West Sussex RH13 9UF
Received 18 May 2026Farthings Spinney Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2NX
Received 18 May 2026The Cabin The Vineries Nurseries Lambs Green Rusper Horsham West Sussex RH12 4RG
Received 18 May 202621 Wood Croft Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9XL
Received 18 May 2026Henfield Lodge Brighton Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9SU
Received 18 May 202611 Blackbridge Lane Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RP
Received 18 May 2026Gaydon Kennel Lane West Grinstead Horsham West Sussex RH13 8LX
Received 8 May 2026Kensington Close Haglands Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2QP
Received 19 May 202642 Roebuck Close Horsham West Sussex RH13 5UN
Received 19 May 20268 Nutcroft Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2JF
Received 19 May 2026New House Farm Broadwater Lane Copsale West Sussex RH13 6QW
Received 19 May 2026Alden Court Bishopric Horsham West Sussex RH12 1FH
Received 19 May 2026Amiesmill Farm Kerves Lane Horsham West Sussex RH13 6RL
Received 19 May 20261 Maple Close Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9NJ
Received 20 May 2026Rascalls Farm Shipley Road Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9BG
Received 19 May 20269 Easton Crescent Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TU
Received 19 May 2026Peppers Farm Peppers Lane Ashurst West Sussex BN44 3AX
Received 20 May 20268 Muggeridge Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9YY
Received 20 May 2026Land To The North of Moat Cottage Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham West Sussex RH13 8NS
Received 20 May 2026St Johns Roman Catholic Primary School Blackbridge Lane Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RR
Received 20 May 202610 Nightingale Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2NW
Received 20 May 2026Toat Cafe Stane Street North Heath West Sussex RH20 1DN
Received 20 May 2026Gladstone House 19 Gladstone Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2NN
Received 20 May 202680 Woodlands Way Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9JA
Received 12 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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