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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.
1,471 approved · 132 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hassocks House Comptons Brow Lane Horsham West Sussex RH13 6BX
Received 21 May 202622 Priory Field Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3HU
Received 25 May 20263 Vicarage Close Colgate West Sussex RH12 4BB
Received 26 May 20263 Raven Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 5FX
Received 25 May 202626 Silver Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9RJ
Received 25 May 202677 Heron Way Horsham West Sussex RH13 6DN
Received 26 May 20263 Bramber Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 4LY
Received 25 May 202653 Hill Mead Horsham West Sussex RH12 2PT
Received 26 May 2026Sweetmans Barn The Village Ashurst Steyning West Sussex BN44 3AP
Received 26 May 202653 Hill Mead Horsham West Sussex RH12 2PT
Received 26 May 202635 High Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9PP
Received 26 May 202635 High Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9PP
Received 26 May 20268 Caterways Horsham West Sussex RH12 2AN
Received 26 May 202625 Curzon Avenue Horsham RH12 2LA
Received 26 May 2026Site G1 Land Adjacent To Airport Operations Building, Gatwick Airport
Received 22 May 2026T1 Land To The East of Jubilee House, Gatwick Airport West Sussex
Received 22 May 2026G2 Northern Approach, Timberham Farm Road, Gatwick Airport West Sussex
Received 22 May 2026Wyckham Farmhouse Wyckham Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YW
Received 26 May 2026Long Stay Carpark B2, South Terminal, Gatwick Airport West Sussex
Received 22 May 2026North Terminal Long Stay Carpark, Gatwick Airport West Sussex
Received 22 May 2026Birchwood Cottages Shaws Lane Southwater West Sussex
Received 18 May 202614 Ghyll Crescent Horsham West Sussex RH13 6BG
Received 26 May 20263 Ling Common Place Ling Heath Common Hill West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2GW
Received 26 May 202624 Morris Drive Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9SF
Received 26 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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