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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.
3,127 approved · 245 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Searles Cottages The Green Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AP
Received 28 Feb 2025Little Orchard Sandy Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LP
Received 28 Feb 2025Goffs House Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LJ
Received 28 Feb 2025Shepherds Farm Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HQ
Received 28 Feb 2025Shepherds Farm Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HQ
Received 28 Feb 202570 Kings Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0TP
Received 28 Feb 20253 Cherry Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9PR
Received 28 Feb 20259 The Blytons East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1RY
Received 3 Mar 202559 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JZ
Received 3 Mar 202515 Stuart Way East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4RR
Received 3 Mar 20255 Maple Dell Lower Dene East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3NG
Received 3 Mar 202565 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HN
Received 3 Mar 2025Judges Close Surgery Judges Close High Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3AA
Received 27 Feb 2025Land Adj Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1TZ
Received 12 Feb 2025Rose Cottage Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UP
Received 3 Mar 202564 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HL
Received 3 Mar 20252 Chantlers Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1LU
Received 4 Mar 20253 West Mallion Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4HP
Received 4 Mar 2025The Old Malthouse Ockley Manor Farm Ockley Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NX
Received 4 Mar 20252 Fir Tree Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8BT
Received 4 Mar 2025Cuckfield Service Station Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DA
Received 4 Mar 202526 Janes Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0QR
Received 5 Mar 202514 Sycamore Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8YH
Received 5 Mar 2025Francis Court Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LQ
Received 5 Mar 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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