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1,511 approved · 134 refused · 66 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garlands The Haven Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9BH
Received 1 Oct 2026Farm Brick School Hill Warnham West Sussex RH12 3QN
Received 1 Oct 2026Steyning Grammar Upper School Shooting Field Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RX
Received 1 Oct 2026Storrington Squash Club Greyfriars Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 4HE
Received 1 Oct 2026Storrington Squash Club Greyfriars Lane Storrington West Sussex RH20 4HE
Received 1 Oct 2026Christs Hospital School The Avenue Christs Hospital West Sussex RH13 0LJ
Received 1 Oct 2026Providence Henfield Common North Henfield West Sussex BN5 9RL
Received 1 Oct 2026The Mowbray Development Site Horsham
Received 2 Oct 2026Bailey Road Extension Land North of Horsham Horsham West Sussex
Received 2 Oct 2026Sports Hub Mowbray Land North of Horsham Horsham West Sussex
Received 2 Oct 202692 Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2DT
Received 2 Oct 202653 Rascals Close Southwater West Sussex RH13 9GB
Received 2 Oct 2026Rookery Wood Five Oaks Road Slinfold West Sussex RH13 0RQ
Received 2 Oct 2026Old Clayton Boarding Kennels Storrington Road Washington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4AG
Received 2 Oct 2026Foxes Church Grove West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2QL
Received 5 Oct 2026Arundale Denne Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 1JF
Received 7 Oct 2026Pond Farm House High Street Upper Beeding West Sussex BN44 3WN
Received 7 Oct 2026Sports Sub-Phase Mowbray North Horsham Horsham West Sussex
Received 28 Sept 20261 Beedingwood Drive Colgate Horsham West Sussex RH12 4TE
Received 2 Oct 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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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.
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