Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,491 approved · 133 refused · 63 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Truelove Gardens Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9ZR
Received 3 Aug 202617 Cape Copse Rudgwick West Sussex RH12 3HG
Received 3 Aug 2026Winstons Farm Muttons Lane Ashington West Sussex RH20 3AL
Received 3 Aug 2026Land at 509125 125895 East Street Billingshurst West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Land South of Furze Common Road Thakeham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Barrow Hill Farm Barrow Hill Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DN
Received 3 Aug 2026Pengarth Nightingales West Chiltington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2QT
Received 22 Jul 2026The Forum Lower Tanbridge Way Horsham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 202619 Hormare Crescent Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4QT
Received 22 Jul 2026Mowbray Employment Park Horsham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Land Parcel at 519531 134037 Rusper Road Horsham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Land Parcel at 519465 134242 Rusper Road Horsham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Mowbray Phase 2 Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Mowbray, Phase 3 Old Holbrook Horsham West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 202654 Queensway Horsham West Sussex RH13 5AY
Received 3 Aug 202656B West Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1PL
Received 3 Aug 2026Barrow Hill Farm Barrow Hill Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DN
Received 4 Aug 2026Rectory Walk Storrington West Sussex
Received 4 Aug 2026Land at The Crows Nest New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YH
Received 4 Aug 2026Development At Rusper Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 4QR
Received 4 Aug 2026Patchings Nep Town Road Henfield West Sussex BN5 9DU
Received 4 Aug 20269 Allingham Gardens Horsham West Sussex RH12 4US
Received 4 Aug 2026Wychwood Barn Brighton Road Shermanbury Horsham West Sussex RH13 8HE
Received 28 Jul 2026Rock Common Quarry The Hollow Washington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 3DA
Received 30 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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