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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.
3,173 approved · 249 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
64 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 24 Mar 202567 Savill Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2NW
Received 24 Mar 2025Whitehouse Farm Cottage Staplefield Lane Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AU
Received 24 Mar 2025Whitehouse Farm Cottage Staplefield Lane Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AU
Received 24 Mar 2025Rossmead Orchard Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QF
Received 25 Mar 2025Land At St James Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 25 Mar 202519 Furzeland Way Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JB
Received 25 Mar 2025135 College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AF
Received 25 Mar 2025HHRFC Clubhouse Whitemans Green Cuckfield West Sussex RH17 5HX
Received 25 Mar 202515 Honeysuckle Drive Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2GH
Received 25 Mar 2025Shell Burgess Hill Service Station 173 London Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8LH
Received 25 Mar 202550 Vale Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4JS
Received 25 Mar 202515 Wingle Tye Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9HR
Received 26 Mar 2025Danworth Farm Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9GL.
Received 26 Mar 2025Communal Garden Area Mill Hill Close Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 26 Mar 2025Earthingleigh College Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SA
Received 26 Mar 2025Wilma Brighton Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LY
Received 26 Mar 2025Southbrooks Farm Danworth Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LW
Received 26 Mar 202512 Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LD
Received 26 Mar 202544 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JJ
Received 26 Mar 20252 Gage Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4XT
Received 26 Mar 2025Sackville College High Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3BX
Received 26 Mar 202568 Lancaster Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3XH
Received 26 Mar 202522 Erin Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9PN
Received 26 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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