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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.
3,192 approved · 251 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upper Garstons Cowfold Road Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QT
Received 4 Apr 202557 The Meadow Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RQ
Received 4 Apr 2025East Grinstead Sports Club Saint Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4JU
Received 4 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To Rowan East Of Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 3EP
Received 4 Apr 2025Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 4 Apr 2025Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 4 Apr 202512 Manor Drive Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BT
Received 4 Apr 2025Townhouse Farm Cottages Church Lane Ardingly West Sussex RH17 6UR
Received 4 Apr 2025Land To The West Of Freeks Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 4 Apr 202566 Woodlands Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3EL
Received 7 Apr 2025Westup Farm London Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JJ
Received 7 Apr 202539 Holmesdale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JP
Received 7 Apr 2025Delta South Bank Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JP
Received 7 Apr 202520 Elm Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3UH
Received 7 Apr 2025Hurstpierpoint College College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JS
Received 7 Apr 2025Hurstpierpoint College College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JS
Received 7 Apr 2025Land North Of Church Green Cottages Brighton Road Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9TS
Received 7 Apr 2025Home Cottage 4 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TY
Received 7 Apr 2025Former Methodist Church Hall 42 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SA
Received 7 Apr 202512 Sheppeys Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4NZ
Received 7 Apr 2025St Dunstans Church North Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4QF
Received 7 Apr 2025201 Junction Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0NX
Received 7 Apr 2025Saint Hill Farm Saint Hill Green East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 7 Apr 2025143 Priory Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3NS
Received 7 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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