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.
1,494 approved · 133 refused · 65 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
12 Grebe Crescent Horsham West Sussex RH13 6ED
Received 10 Aug 202642 High Street Storrington West Sussex RH20 4DU
Received 10 Aug 2026Land South of Furze Common Road Thakeham West Sussex
Received 31 Jul 2026Brookside Farm, Little Orchard Dagbrook Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9SH
Received 11 Aug 2026Land North of Little Potters Potters Green Station Road Cowfold West Sussex
Received 11 Aug 2026Land North of East Street Rusper West Sussex
Received 11 Aug 2026Water Lane/Thakeham Road Storrington and Sullington West Sussex RH20 3LY
Received 31 Jul 2026High Trees Maudlyn Close Bramber Steyning West Sussex BN44 3PQ
Received 4 Aug 2026Street Record Old Denne Gardens Horsham West Sussex RH12 1JA
Received 11 Aug 2026Star Reservoir Comptons Brow Lane Horsham West Sussex
Received 4 Aug 2026The Spinney Melrose Place Storrington West Sussex RH20 3HH
Received 11 Aug 2026Denver Storage Okehurst Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HR
Received 11 Aug 202610 Glendale Close Horsham West Sussex RH12 4GR
Received 12 Aug 2026Meadow Cottage Wineham Lane Wineham West Sussex BN5 9AY
Received 12 Aug 2026Timbers Monkmead Lane West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2PF
Received 12 Aug 2026Land at 520564 133496 Brook Lane Faygate West Sussex
Received 12 Aug 2026Former Fire Station Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex
Received 12 Aug 2026Wiltshires Farm Pickhurst Lane Pulborough West Sussex RH20 1DA
Received 12 Aug 2026Palmers Stud West Chiltington Lane Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9DN
Received 12 Aug 2026Little Acorns Hampers Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 3HZ
Received 12 Aug 20266 Faithfull Crescent Storrington West Sussex RH20 4QY
Received 13 Aug 202616 Jengers Mead Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9PB
Received 13 Aug 202659 Penlands Vale Steyning West Sussex BN44 3PL
Received 13 Aug 20261 Lakers Meadow Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9NP
Received 13 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage