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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.
3,216 approved · 252 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Manning Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2DR
Received 22 Apr 2025Hurstpierpoint College College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JS
Received 23 Apr 2025Land Outside 1-9 Garden House Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4JT
Received 23 Apr 20251 Regal Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4SB
Received 23 Apr 2025Bentleys 2 Hatchlands Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LS
Received 23 Apr 2025Flat 1 Tobias Place Coombe Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LZ
Received 23 Apr 2025Sideways Sandhill Lane Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LD
Received 23 Apr 2025Littleway West Furlong Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9RH
Received 23 Apr 2025Oak Tree St Georges Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QU
Received 23 Apr 20252 - 8 Sussex Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EA
Received 23 Apr 2025Pots And Pithoi Ltd The Barns East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4QA
Received 23 Apr 2025Burtenshaws Church Platt Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LA
Received 23 Apr 20256 Knowle Close Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LR
Received 24 Apr 2025Hurley Farm Turners Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LB
Received 24 Apr 2025Rose Cottage High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EN
Received 24 Apr 202530 Quarry Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1NQ
Received 24 Apr 202517 Franklands Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0AX
Received 24 Apr 202517 Franklands Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0AX
Received 22 Apr 20251 Gerald Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0NB
Received 24 Apr 202533 Hophurst Drive Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4XA
Received 24 Apr 2025Little Acorns Brookhill Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3PJ
Received 24 Apr 202542 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JJ
Received 24 Apr 2025The Co-operative Food Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BY
Received 24 Apr 2025Land At And Adjacent To The Former Sewage Treatment Works Fairbridge Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8BF
Received 25 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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