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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.
3,262 approved · 259 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ashurst Abberton Field Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QD
Received 23 Jun 202544A Appledore Gardens Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2EU
Received 23 Jun 2025Lampson Court Copthorne Common Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3SL
Received 23 Jun 2025Little Lea Turners Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LX
Received 23 Jun 2025Durstons Lodge Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RR
Received 23 Jun 2025Durstons Lodge Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RR
Received 23 Jun 2025Little Hickstead Farm Hickstead Lane Hickstead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NT
Received 23 Jun 202513 Campbell Mead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LT
Received 23 Jun 2025Meadowview Church Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AY
Received 23 Jun 202517A High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JU
Received 23 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To Rowan East Of Turners Hill Road Crawley Down West Sussex
Received 23 Jun 2025Land At Junction Of Blackwell Farm Road And Holtye Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 23 Jun 202517 Appledore Gardens Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2ES
Received 24 Jun 202563 Westway Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QS
Received 24 Jun 20259 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 24 Jun 20259 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 24 Jun 2025Park Farm Twineham Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NP
Received 24 Jun 2025Barclays Basement And Ground Floor 77 South Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4LB
Received 24 Jun 2025Barclays Basement And Ground Floor 77 South Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4LB
Received 24 Jun 202526 Railway Approach East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BP
Received 23 Jun 2025Land To The South Of Scamps Hill Scaynes Hill Road Lindfield West Sussex
Received 24 Jun 2025Land At Hurst Farm Hurstwood Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 24 Jun 202533 Dukes Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2JQ
Received 24 Jun 202533 Dukes Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2JQ
Received 24 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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