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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.
3,244 approved · 257 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9RU
Received 2 Jun 2025Flagstones Stockcroft Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LN
Received 2 Jun 20251 Calbourne Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4AQ
Received 2 Jun 2025Girlguiding Campsite Office Blackland Farm Grinstead Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HP
Received 2 Jun 202567 Savill Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2NW
Received 2 Jun 20252 Ruspers Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EB
Received 2 Jun 2025Brook Farm Brook Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JJ
Received 2 Jun 2025Chapman House Chapmans Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1JA
Received 3 Jun 2025Red House Cuckfield Road Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6ET
Received 3 Jun 2025The Old Coach House Bolnore Farm Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BQ
Received 3 Jun 20259 Manor Drive Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BT
Received 3 Jun 2025Roche Diagnostics Ltd Roche House Charles Avenue Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9UF
Received 3 Jun 202533 Ferndale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0HB
Received 3 Jun 2025Land Parcel Known As St Margarets Loop Maypole Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 3 Jun 2025Land Rear Of Chesapeke Reeds Lane Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JG
Received 3 Jun 202521 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9RP
Received 3 Jun 202548 Potters Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JS
Received 4 Jun 202562 Cants Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0LS
Received 4 Jun 202574 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TB
Received 4 Jun 202522 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TY
Received 4 Jun 2025Lydhurst Estate The Street Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SJ
Received 4 Jun 2025To Rear And Side Winchester Lodge Ardingly Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HF
Received 4 Jun 2025Eldridge Vale Caravan Park Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 4 Jun 2025Land South Railway Cottages Vowels Lane Kingscote West Sussex
Received 4 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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