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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.
3,242 approved · 257 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At 147 To 149 College Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex
Received 28 May 2025The Old Rectory Church Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BY
Received 28 May 2025The Old Rectory Church Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BY
Received 28 May 2025Mill Studio Old Hollow Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 4TB
Received 29 May 2025Land Adj. To 1 - 8 Willow Gardens Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TL
Received 29 May 20256 Meeds Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9EB
Received 29 May 202516 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JH
Received 29 May 202563 And 65 Savill Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2NW
Received 28 May 2025The Old Thatch 15 Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LU
Received 29 May 2025East Court College Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LX
Received 29 May 2025Freeman Brothers 126 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PX
Received 29 May 202529 Wickham Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UJ
Received 29 May 2025North End School North End London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1QQ
Received 29 May 2025Land West Of Burgess Hill Between The A273 And A2300 Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 29 May 2025Land West Of Burgess Hill Between The A273 And A2300 Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 29 May 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 29 May 2025Land Adj To East Grinstead War Memorial High Street East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 29 May 2025The Old Bank Bar And Cafe The Old Bank 1 Middle Row East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3AX
Received 29 May 202546 Wychwood Place Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HN
Received 30 May 2025Willowbrook Danworth Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LW
Received 30 May 20257 Orchid Park Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3JF
Received 30 May 2025Hillcrest Coombe Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LY
Received 30 May 20255 St Lawrence Way Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SH
Received 2 Jun 20258 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9RU
Received 2 Jun 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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