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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.
3,219 approved · 254 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn Cottage Ockley Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NX
Received 25 Apr 202544 Nightingale Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JJ
Received 25 Apr 202521 Blount Avenue East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1JJ
Received 25 Apr 2025Francis Court Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LQ
Received 25 Apr 2025Marlow House 107 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HR
Received 28 Apr 2025Yeoveney House Cuckfield Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SP
Received 28 Apr 20254 And 4A East Court Villas Cranston Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3HQ
Received 28 Apr 2025Central Education Ltd Barclay Court Market Place Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1DB
Received 28 Apr 2025Central Education Ltd Barclay Court Market Place Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1DB
Received 28 Apr 2025Wyndham Croft Selsfield Road Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PS
Received 28 Apr 2025Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land N And NW Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 28 Apr 2025The Holt Stonehurst Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN
Received 28 Apr 202519 Lucastes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JN
Received 28 Apr 2025Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Received 28 Apr 2025Sharpthorns 60A Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 29 Apr 2025Foxwood House 18A The Platt Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2SY
Received 29 Apr 2025West Hoathly Brickworks Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 29 Apr 202549A Station Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9DE
Received 29 Apr 2025Shamrock Cottage North Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NS
Received 29 Apr 2025Eastlands Farmhouse Malthouse Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LA
Received 29 Apr 20255 Smugglers End Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BQ
Received 29 Apr 202522 Horsham Road Pease Pottage Crawley West Sussex RH11 9AL
Received 29 Apr 2025Precisions Technology Supplies Ltd 15 And 16 Birches Industrial Estate East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1XZ
Received 29 Apr 2025Land West Of Burgess Hill Between The A273 And A2300 Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 29 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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