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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.
3,210 approved · 252 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Francis Court Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LQ
Received 16 Apr 20258 Kennedy Avenue East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2DE
Received 17 Apr 2025Olivers Wine Agency Units 17 And 18 Borers Yard Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LH
Received 17 Apr 202527 Park Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8EU
Received 17 Apr 20251 Oakwood Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0HY
Received 17 Apr 2025Earthingleigh College Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SA
Received 17 Apr 2025Horsted House Farm Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HY
Received 22 Apr 202528 Old Station Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4TX
Received 22 Apr 2025Newtons 40 New Way Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BB
Received 22 Apr 2025The Oaks Southdown Farm Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LX
Received 22 Apr 2025The Conservatory Duckyls Selsfield Road West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LP
Received 22 Apr 20259 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 22 Apr 2025Land Adj. To Barn Cottage Cuckfield Road Ansty Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AG
Received 22 Apr 202544 Brookway Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BP
Received 22 Apr 2025Nursery Barn Church Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BZ
Received 22 Apr 2025Framlingham 1 The Dell Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JG
Received 22 Apr 2025Swallows Cuckfield Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5UB
Received 22 Apr 2025Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 22 Apr 2025Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 22 Apr 20255 Sevenfields Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XE
Received 22 Apr 2025Palmers Autocentre Tyres Palmers Autocentre Tyres Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HQ
Received 22 Apr 2025Gatehouse Farm 1 Birdcage Lane Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HH
Received 22 Apr 2025Goddards Green Substation Gatehouse Lane Goddards Green West Sussex
Received 17 Apr 2025Walnut Marches Crawley Down Road Felbridge East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2PS
Received 22 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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