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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.
3,186 approved · 251 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Haywards Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4HT
Received 31 Mar 2025Hurstpierpoint College College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JS
Received 31 Mar 202525 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JU
Received 31 Mar 2025Hillcrest Coombe Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LY
Received 31 Mar 20257 Bulbeck Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9RG
Received 31 Mar 2025Heath Court Heath Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3AF
Received 31 Mar 2025Greenworld Cansiron Lane Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3SD
Received 31 Mar 2025Land North Of Clayton Mills Ockley Lane Hassocks West Sussex
Received 31 Mar 2025Shell Burgess Hill Service Station 173 London Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8LH
Received 1 Apr 2025The Old Milking Parlour The Street Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5TR
Received 1 Apr 20256 Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3RA
Received 31 Mar 2025Land West Of Burgess Hill Between The A273 And A2300 Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 2 Apr 20252 Atkinson Gardens Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0XH
Received 2 Apr 2025Braydells Hurstwood Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7QY
Received 2 Apr 2025Oakmead Dental Care 48 Moat Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LH
Received 2 Apr 2025Tanyard Manor Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HY
Received 2 Apr 2025Asgard Copthorne Common Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3JX
Received 2 Apr 20251 Avonhurst Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RY
Received 2 Apr 202523 Franklynn Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4DQ
Received 2 Apr 2025104 St Andrews Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0PH
Received 3 Apr 2025Land East Of Hurst Wickham Barn College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AD
Received 3 Apr 2025Land West Of Copthorne Copthorne Way Copthorne West Sussex
Received 3 Apr 202550 College Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1QR
Received 4 Apr 202585 College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AE
Received 4 Apr 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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