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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.
3,146 approved · 245 refused · 236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Meadow Drive Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2RR
Received 10 Mar 2025The Old Dairy Great Thorndean Farm Slough Green Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SL
Received 10 Mar 20251 Barn Field Place East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3FD
Received 10 Mar 202533 Silverdale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0ED
Received 10 Mar 2025The Vic Forster Centre Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 10 Mar 202537 Muster Green South Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4AL
Received 10 Mar 202540 Hammerwood Road Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3TG
Received 10 Mar 20251 Greenhurst Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3NE
Received 10 Mar 2025Maltmans South High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EN
Received 10 Mar 2025Maltmans South High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EN
Received 10 Mar 202532 Rolfe Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0LA
Received 10 Mar 2025Danworth Farm Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9GL
Received 10 Mar 20252 Horsgate View Horsgate Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AZ
Received 10 Mar 202564 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 10 Mar 202573 Noahs Ark Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2LU
Received 10 Mar 2025Grove Farm Cansiron Lane Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3SG
Received 10 Mar 2025Rezvan 48 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JY
Received 11 Mar 2025The Coach House Haywards Heath Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6PG
Received 11 Mar 2025Jewson Cuckfield Road Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LG
Received 11 Mar 20255 Grahams Cottages Spring Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2RF
Received 11 Mar 20258 Badger Drive Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1EP
Received 11 Mar 2025Cobblers Cottage 115 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HR
Received 11 Mar 2025Little Tyes Brantridge Lane Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6EW
Received 11 Mar 2025174 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SD
Received 11 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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