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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.
1,491 approved · 133 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Annexe Clockhouse Farmhouse Stonehouse Lane Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8DL
Received 30 Jul 2026Rascalls Farm Shipley Road Southwater Horsham West Sussex RH13 9BG
Received 30 Jul 2026Dormer House School Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YH
Received 30 Jul 2026Dormer House School Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3YH
Received 30 Jul 202614 Park Rise Horsham West Sussex RH12 2AY
Received 30 Jul 202614 Park Rise Horsham West Sussex RH12 2AY
Received 30 Jul 202619 Billingshurst Road Broadbridge Heath West Sussex RH12 3LB
Received 30 Jul 20269 Little Comptons Horsham West Sussex RH13 5UW
Received 30 Jul 2026Downsview Paddock New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YJ
Received 30 Jul 2026Foxhill Westward Lane West Chiltington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2PA
Received 27 Jul 2026North Lodge Capel Road Rusper Horsham West Sussex RH12 9PZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Land at Cobwood Burnthouse Lane Cowfold West Sussex
Received 30 Jul 2026Land at Cobwood Burnthouse Lane Cowfold West Sussex
Received 30 Jul 2026Yew Tree Cottage Tismans Common Rudgwick Horsham West Sussex RH12 3BJ
Received 20 Jul 20261 Peskett Close Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0PY
Received 31 Jul 20264 New Cottages High Street Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8HU
Received 31 Jul 202636-37 Carfax Horsham West Sussex RH12 1EQ
Received 31 Jul 202636-37 Carfax Horsham West Sussex RH12 1EQ
Received 31 Jul 2026Dunnocks Emms Lane Brooks Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0TR
Received 31 Jul 2026Land North of Cowfold Road Cowfold Road Coolham West Sussex
Received 31 Jul 20264 Castle Rise West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2GT
Received 31 Jul 20264 Castle Rise West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2GT
Received 31 Jul 2026Milestone House 86 Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2DT
Received 3 Aug 202615 Station View Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9UT
Received 3 Aug 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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