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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 Mid Sussex District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,955 approved · 233 refused · 224 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
St Pauls Catholic College Jane Murray Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8GA
Received 3 Oct 2024Savannah Cafe Bar 44 - 46 The Broadway Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3AL
Received 3 Oct 2024Great Thorndean Barn Slough Green Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SL
Received 4 Oct 20241 Highfields Lewes Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7DY
Received 9 Oct 20241 Neale Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2SA
Received 14 Oct 2024Handcross Newsagents High Street Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BJ
Received 14 Oct 202450 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NL
Received 15 Oct 2024Kilnwood Cottage Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HB
Received 15 Oct 202417 Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RA
Received 21 Oct 2024Kwik Mart 6 Copthorne Bank Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QX
Received 23 Oct 2024Langdon House Cranston Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3HW
Received 24 Oct 20241 East Lodge Stonelands Selsfield Road West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4QY
Received 25 Oct 202416A The Quadrant Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8BP
Received 28 Oct 2024Knowles Farmhouse Street Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UJ
Received 28 Oct 2024Barns Court Turners Hill Road Crawley Down West Sussex RH10 4HQ
Received 28 Oct 2024Land To Rear Of 94, 94a, 96 And 98 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1EP
Received 29 Oct 2024Down Park Place Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HQ
Received 30 Oct 2024The White Cottage The Green Slaugham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AQ
Received 31 Oct 202458 Potters Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JS
Received 1 Nov 202482 Middle Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4GH
Received 1 Nov 2024Townhouse Farm Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR
Received 4 Nov 202412 Queens Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1EB
Received 4 Nov 2024St Pauls Catholic College Jane Murray Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8GA
Received 4 Nov 2024Rosmond Cottage West View Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2LL
Received 5 Nov 2024Records 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 Mid Sussex 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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