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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.
3,200 approved · 252 refused · 241 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Wickham Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UJ
Received 7 Apr 20252 Hoathly Hill West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4SJ
Received 8 Apr 2025Hedgerows Orchard Way Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5ST
Received 8 Apr 2025St Marys Church Windmill Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2DS
Received 8 Apr 2025Oldland Oldlands Avenue Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LP
Received 8 Apr 202521 The Nursery Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0LF
Received 8 Apr 2025The Barn 1 Hurstwood Grange Hurstwood Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7QX
Received 8 Apr 2025The Old Rectory Church Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NR
Received 8 Apr 202576 Queens Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BD
Received 8 Apr 20251 Westhill Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9EF
Received 9 Apr 202517 Garden House Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4JT
Received 28 Mar 202522 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JX
Received 10 Apr 2025Great Frenches Barn Snow Hill Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 3EE
Received 10 Apr 20255 Silverdale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0ED
Received 10 Apr 2025Earthingleigh College Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SA
Received 10 Apr 2025Southease Copyhold Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EB
Received 10 Apr 2025Braydells Hurstwood Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7QY
Received 11 Apr 2025The Holt 78 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HP
Received 11 Apr 2025Land To The South Of Scamps Hill Scaynes Hill Road Lindfield West Sussex
Received 11 Apr 202534 Stafford Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QQ
Received 10 Apr 2025Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North And North West Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 11 Apr 2025Ashdown One O'Clock Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EX
Received 14 Apr 20255-8A Whitehall Parade London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1AP
Received 14 Apr 202576 Savill Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2NN
Received 14 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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