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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.
1,479 approved · 133 refused · 63 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jan 1930 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawthorns West Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9NR
Received 18 Jun 2026Downsview 34 Shooting Field Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RQ
Received 18 Jun 2026Storrington Squash Club Greyfriars Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 4HE
Received 18 Jun 2026Pear Tree Cottage Sandy Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9UX
Received 18 Jun 2026Palmers Stud West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DN
Received 18 Jun 2026Palmers Stud West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DN
Received 18 Jun 2026Mowbray Phase 1 Area 4 Land North of Horsham Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 18 Jun 2026Mowbray Phase 1 Area 4 North Horsham Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 18 Jun 2026The Granary Nutbourne Lane Nutbourne West Sussex RH20 2HS
Received 18 Jun 2026Wappingthorn Lodge Horsham Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3AA
Received 18 Jun 2026Springlands Gate Frylands Lane Wineham West Sussex BN5 9BP
Received 19 Jun 2026Kilnwood Vale Development Site Crawley Road Faygate West Sussex
Received 19 Jun 2026St Crispins Church Church Place Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1AF
Received 19 Jun 2026Development at Coppice Hill Church Hill Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1GD
Received 19 Jun 202617 Cavendish Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 5HX
Received 19 Jun 2026The Copse Worthing Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 9AT
Received 19 Jun 2026Land at Cobwood Burnthouse Lane Cowfold West Sussex
Received 19 Jun 2026Columbine Bracken Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 3HS
Received 19 Jun 2026The Oast House Billingshurst Road Ashington West Sussex RH20 3AZ
Received 19 Jun 2026Atherton Jarvis Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3GL
Received 22 Jun 2026Lee Place, The Stables Blackgate Lane Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1DF
Received 22 Jun 2026Hareswith House West Chiltington Road Storrington West Sussex RH20 4BP
Received 22 Jun 202610A Wimblehurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2ED
Received 22 Jun 20262 Skylark View Horsham West Sussex RH12 5EA
Received 22 Jun 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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