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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1,479 approved · 133 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Farm Brick School Hill Warnham West Sussex RH12 3QN
Received 29 Jun 2026Steyning Grammar Upper School Shooting Field Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RX
Received 29 Jun 2026Street Record Burnthouse Lane Cowfold West Sussex
Received 29 Jun 2026Land At 509354 126590 Hilland Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HN
Received 29 Jun 2026Land Near New Hall Farm Barn New Hall Lane Small Dole Henfield West Sussex BN5 9YJ
Received 26 Jun 202611 The Birches Mannings Heath West Sussex RH13 6JT
Received 29 Jun 2026Bentons Barn Bentons Lane Dial Post Horsham West Sussex RH13 8NP
Received 29 Jun 2026Sunnyside Bentons Lane Dial Post West Sussex RH13 8NW
Received 30 Jun 2026Duckmoor Farm Wooddale Lane Billingshurst West Sussex
Received 30 Jun 2026Crofters Rock Road Washington West Sussex RH20 3BQ
Received 30 Jun 2026Hammerhill House Hammerpond Road Plummers Plain Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PE
Received 30 Jun 2026Greenway Academy Greenway Horsham West Sussex RH12 2JS
Received 30 Jun 2026Bonwycks Place Ifield Wood Ifield West Sussex RH11 0LE
Received 1 Jul 2026Chancton Down Horsham Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3AA
Received 1 Jul 2026Warnham Court Farmhouse Church Street Warnham Horsham West Sussex RH12 3QP
Received 18 Jun 2026Alexandra House 11 Queen Street Horsham West Sussex RH13 5AA
Received 22 Jun 202641 Cissbury Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 5JT
Received 1 Jul 2026The Royal Oak Friday Street Rusper West Sussex RH12 4QA
Received 1 Jul 2026Copped Hall Old Dairy Okehurst Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HR
Received 1 Jul 2026Kerves Farm Cottage Kerves Lane Horsham West Sussex RH13 6RJ
Received 2 Jun 2026Upper Beeding Pharmacy High Street Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3HZ
Received 2 Jul 2026Upper Beeding Pharmacy High Street Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3HZ
Received 2 Jul 20261 Greenacres Farm West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DR
Received 2 Jul 20262 Greenacres Farm West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DR
Received 2 Jul 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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