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Mid Sussex District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Mid Sussex District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,433Searchable applications
554Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 3,272 approved or refused records
237Refused applications
3,035 approved · 237 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information View a planning applicationContact planning Planning Contact DetailsLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice Planning Pre-application AdviceConservation areas Conservation Areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanninginfo@midsussex.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanninginvestigations@midsussex.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanningpolicy@midsussex.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas31 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- ApprovedDM/24/3075
Proposed two storey rear extension and internal alterations. Addition of two dormer windows and a rooflight to the front roofslope. Increase the roof hight by 0.9 metres and remove the chimney.
Avondene Ship Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DX
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3076
Change of use of the upper floors (largely vacant office space) above a Use Class E retail unit, to five residential flats.
87 - 89 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1EQ
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3077
Demolition of the existing buildings and construction of a new food store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works. A 'Copenhagen' crossing along the site entrance and the installation of cricket nets.
Sussex House Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1DN
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3078
Single storey rear extension.
6 Abbots Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8PH
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3079
Discharge of planning condition numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 relating to planning application DM/22/2432
Greentree Hall High Street Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JZ
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3080
Front porch
193 Orchard Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9PS
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3082
Commencement of development pursuant to planning permission DM/20/2661 through the demolition of existing buildings on the site.
Rookwood Tylers Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DZ
Received 18 Dec 2024 - RefusedDM/24/3083
Non material amendment to application DM/23/2544 Conversion and extension of the existing village hall into 6 no new residential dwellings with associated landscaping and bin and bike stores.
Crawley Down Village Hall Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HE
Received 18 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3084
Proposed loft conversion with rear dormer
5 Gloucester Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4TN
Received 18 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3085
Ground floor rear extension.
40 Westway Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QR
Received 18 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3086
T1 and T2 - 2 x Lime, controlled dismantle to ground level
Corners Church Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RD
Received 18 Dec 2024 - No ObjectionDM/24/3087
Fraxinus Excelsior (European Ash) - fell and remove stump
Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Received 18 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3088
Demolition of existing garage, removal of existing box dormer, rationalisation of all above ground external mounted foul surface drainage pipes, construction of two storey side front and rear extension, single storey rear extension, new loft conversion with rear dormers and detached double garage together with all associated internal and external alterations
Bramham Moor Tylers Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EA
Received 18 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3090
Proposal to remove a gate and replace with a window on the front elevation and replace an existing window with a door on the rear elevation.
Renniston Rookery Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4RE
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Split DecisionDM/24/3091
Discharge of Conditions 3 and 4 relating to DM/23/3210.
Stable Block Borde Hill Garden Borde Hill Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1XP
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3093
Discharge of condition no 6 of planning application DM/23/2298
65 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HN
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3094
Discharge of condition no 2 of planning application DM/23/2304
65 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HN
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3095
Garage conversion and extension to create home office space in garden.
6 Colwell Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4ES
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3096
Proposed part single and two storey extension to front elevation.
28 Iden Hurst Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9XZ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3097
Creation of accommodation for the Lower School assistant housemaster at the first floor of the North School wing. The proposals will result in some small internal changes to include the removal of 3 partitions, the repositioning of 3 partitions, and the removal and insertion of a new internal doorway
Ardingly College College Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SQ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3098
Creation of accommodation for the Lower School assistant housemaster at the first floor of the North School wing. The proposals will result in some small internal changes to include the removal of 3 partitions, the repositioning of 3 partitions, and the removal and insertion of a new internal doorway
Ardingly College College Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SQ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3099
Discharge of planning obligation relating to planning reference DM/21/3870 in relation to Part 7 (Travel Plan) of the S106 Agreement dated 4th October 2019. Thsi is in relation to Phase P1.5 and P1.6 for RM application (DM/21/3870)
Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land N And NW Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 19 Dec 2024 - WithdrawnDM/24/3100
The installation of a 25 metre high slimline lattice tower with 6 no. antennas and 2 no. transmission dishes, 1 no. equipment cabinet, 1 no. electric meter cabinet, and ancillary development thereto including compound fencing.
Land At Beeches Farm Beeches Lane Ashurst Wood West Sussex
Received 19 Dec 2024 - ApprovedDM/24/3101
Demolition of the existing dilapidated six garages and replacement with a two-unit 2 storey commercial property with a single parking space and associated bin and cycle storage.
Rear Of 2-12 Railway Approach And 104-108 London Road Railway Approach East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 19 Dec 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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