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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.
3,067 approved · 238 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Finches Field Recreation Ground And Hemsleys Meadows Old Brighton Road South Pease Pottage West Sussex
Received 17 Jan 2025106 Franklynn Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4DR
Received 17 Jan 2025Incorpore Ltd 14 Mill Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8DR
Received 17 Jan 2025Cabin At Horsepasture Wood Wallage Lane Rowfant West Sussex
Received 17 Jan 202533 Dukes Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2JQ
Received 16 Jan 2025Glebe House Church Hill West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PW
Received 20 Jan 202545 Newlands Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JA
Received 20 Jan 202554 And 56 Oak Tree Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8YD
Received 20 Jan 2025Burstow Cottage Hammingden Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SR
Received 20 Jan 2025Burstow Cottage Hammingden Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SR
Received 20 Jan 202571 Blackwell Farm Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3JW
Received 20 Jan 2025Phase 2E, Keymer Tile Works Kilnwood Avenue Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 20 Jan 2025Burgess Hill Town Football Club Leylands Park Football Ground Maple Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8DL
Received 20 Jan 2025219 - 225 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1HA
Received 20 Jan 2025Homebase 219 - 225 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1HA
Received 20 Jan 2025Borde Hill Estate Borde Hill Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1XP
Received 21 Jan 202533 Mytten Close Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LN
Received 21 Jan 202511 Ash Grove Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4PZ
Received 21 Jan 202510 Nettle Grove Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DZ
Received 21 Jan 202519 Park Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8EU
Received 21 Jan 2025Colwood Halton Shaws Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QR
Received 21 Jan 2025Finches Field Recreation Ground And Hemsleys Meadows Old Brighton Road South Pease Pottage West Sussex
Received 21 Jan 2025Mount Noddy Recreation Ground St Johns Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LG
Received 21 Jan 2025Victoria Park South Road Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 21 Jan 2025Records 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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