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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.
3,120 approved · 244 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Site Of 60 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8AR
Received 24 Feb 202512 Clays Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DJ
Received 25 Feb 2025West Hoathly Recreation Ground North Lane And Finche Recreation Ground Church Hill West Hoathly West Sussex
Received 25 Feb 2025The Old Woodyard Slaugham Road Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AP
Received 26 Feb 2025Chylowen Tylers Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EA
Received 26 Feb 202561 Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LX
Received 26 Feb 202543 Wilderness Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9XD
Received 26 Feb 20256 Beechey Close Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LS
Received 26 Feb 202520 Oldlands Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DJ
Received 26 Feb 2025Inglenook Old Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3NQ
Received 26 Feb 2025Boars Mead Barn Bullfinch Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ER
Received 26 Feb 2025Boars Mead Barn Bullfinch Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ER
Received 26 Feb 2025Rainbow Cottage 1 Cottage Homes Truslers Hill Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JL
Received 26 Feb 2025Grovelands Farm Highbrook Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PL
Received 26 Feb 20258 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 27 Feb 20258 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 27 Feb 2025Land Adjacent 78 Park Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HG
Received 27 Feb 202571 Cantelupe Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3BL
Received 27 Feb 2025West Hoathly Brickworks Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 27 Feb 202541 Clerks Acre Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8BE
Received 27 Feb 2025Grovelands Farm Highbrook Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PL
Received 27 Feb 2025Villa Ruscino 2A The Vineries Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0NF
Received 28 Feb 2025Community Centre 124 Wyvern Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0GB
Received 28 Feb 20258 Meadow Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JA
Received 28 Feb 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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