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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.
3,238 approved · 257 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Oakley Grove Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4UT
Received 19 May 2025The Old Woodyard Slaugham Road Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AP
Received 19 May 20253 Tall Oaks Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2QD
Received 20 May 202540 Wickham Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UQ
Received 20 May 2025Mill Hall Farm Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HX
Received 20 May 2025Ellaby Copthorne Bank Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QZ
Received 20 May 2025Birch House Courtmead Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LR
Received 20 May 2025Birch House Courtmead Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LR
Received 20 May 2025Adj To Marketing Suite Platinum Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RY
Received 20 May 2025Timberlands Hammingden Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SS
Received 20 May 20256 Portsmouth Wood Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DH
Received 20 May 2025Wakehurst Place Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN
Received 21 May 2025Sussex Police Authority Police Station East Court College Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LX
Received 21 May 2025The Martlets Shopping Centre Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9NN
Received 21 May 2025Piccadilly Wood Colwood Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QQ
Received 21 May 202538 Greenstede Avenue East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3HZ
Received 21 May 20257 Pasture Wood Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4AP
Received 21 May 2025Sussex Housing And Care Oakwood Court Amberley Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BG
Received 21 May 2025Land At Grid Reference 533030 139342 Copthorne Common Road Copthorne West Sussex
Received 21 May 2025More House Copyhold Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EB
Received 22 May 2025148 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TB
Received 22 May 2025148 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TB
Received 22 May 2025Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 22 May 2025Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 22 May 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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