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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.
3,174 approved · 250 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 The Martins Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4XU
Received 26 Mar 2025Land East Of Lunce's Hill Fox Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 26 Mar 202542 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JJ
Received 27 Mar 202542 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JJ
Received 27 Mar 2025The Stables Honeybourne Farm Truslers Hill Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9DU
Received 27 Mar 2025Woodford House Lewes Road Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3SX
Received 27 Mar 2025West Hoathly Brickworks Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 27 Mar 20254 Burston Gardens East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2HD
Received 27 Mar 2025110 College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AJ
Received 27 Mar 2025Land At Junction Of Blackwell Farm Road And Holtye Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 27 Mar 2025Gibbshaven Lingfield Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2EJ
Received 27 Mar 202513 Newlands Park Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3EW
Received 27 Mar 20252 Paddock Walk Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0YZ
Received 27 Mar 2025Site Of Lowlands Farm Freeks Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 27 Mar 202586 Harlands Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LS
Received 27 Mar 2025The Old Thatch 15 Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LU
Received 27 Mar 202525 Oathall Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EG
Received 27 Mar 202523 Oathall Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EG
Received 27 Mar 202513 Ockenden Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HS
Received 27 Mar 202539 Rowan Walk Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4JW
Received 28 Mar 2025The Old House Mill Lane Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HL
Received 28 Mar 2025Reign Gallery 26 Railway Approach East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BP
Received 28 Mar 20259 Payton Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9UU
Received 28 Mar 2025Great Thorndean Barn Slough Green Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SL
Received 28 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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