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.
1,511 approved · 134 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West of Ravenscroft Storrington West Sussex RH20 4EH
Received 23 Sept 2026Land West of Ravenscroft Storrington West Sussex RH20 4EH
Received 23 Sept 2026Car Park North Street Storrington West Sussex
Received 23 Sept 2026Hinkhurst Emms Lane Brooks Green West Sussex RH13 0TR
Received 24 Sept 2026Lavender Cottage Nyetimber Copse West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2NE
Received 24 Sept 2026Cherrymead Cagefoot Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9HD
Received 24 Sept 2026Freshwater Parade Bishopric Horsham West Sussex RH12 1QD
Received 24 Sept 2026Watersmead Dog Lane Steyning West Sussex BN44 3GE
Received 22 Sept 202619 Alley Groves Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8BN
Received 24 Sept 2026Land North of Melton Drive Melton Drive Storrington West Sussex
Received 24 Sept 20269 Easton Crescent Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TU
Received 24 Sept 2026Barns Green Village Hall Muntham Drive Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0PT
Received 25 Sept 2026Greenfield Farm Valewood Lane Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0QJ
Received 25 Sept 202617 Thornden Cowfold West Sussex RH13 8AG
Received 28 Sept 2026Wentworth High Bar Lane Thakeham West Sussex RH20 3EH
Received 28 Sept 202638 Curzon Avenue Horsham West Sussex RH12 2LB
Received 28 Sept 20266 Easton Crescent Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TU
Received 28 Sept 202646 Queensway Horsham West Sussex RH13 5AY
Received 28 Sept 2026Horsham Museum 9 Causeway Horsham West Sussex RH12 1HE
Received 28 Sept 20261 Old Denne Gardens Horsham West Sussex RH12 1JA
Received 28 Sept 2026The Copse Worthing Road Horsham West Sussex RH13 9AT
Received 29 Sept 2026Woodhouse Farmhouse Wheatsheaf Road Woodmancote Henfield West Sussex BN5 9BA
Received 24 Sept 2026Telecommunications Mast East Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1HR
Received 29 Sept 2026Development at Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex
Received 29 Sept 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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