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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3,262 approved · 259 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Chimneys 7 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 25 Jun 202553 Edward Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4QJ
Received 25 Jun 20255 Engalee East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1FE
Received 25 Jun 2025Worth School Paddockhurst Road Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4SD
Received 25 Jun 2025Worth School Paddockhurst Road Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4SD
Received 25 Jun 202513 Finches Park Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DA
Received 25 Jun 2025Land Opposite 5 And 6 Grahams Cottages Spring Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2RF
Received 26 Jun 2025Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Received 26 Jun 2025The Thatched Inn Grand Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DH
Received 26 Jun 2025The Changing Workplace Ltd 1 Boltro Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1BY
Received 26 Jun 2025NCP Ltd Harlands Road Car Park Harlands Road Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 26 Jun 202574 Oak Hall Park Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DB
Received 26 Jun 2025Horncastle Care Centre Plawhatch Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead East Sussex RH19 4JH
Received 26 Jun 2025Lindfield Academy School Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DX
Received 26 Jun 202525 Fir Tree Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8BU
Received 27 Jun 2025145 Charlwoods Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2JE
Received 27 Jun 202523 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Ibstock Kevington Building Products Ltd Ibstock Brick West Hoathly Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 27 Jun 2025Braydells Hurstwood Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7QY
Received 27 Jun 2025Land To The West Of Freeks Lane Freeks Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 27 Jun 2025Land South Of Crawley Down Road Felbridge East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2PP
Received 27 Jun 2025Ashwyn Business Centre Marchants Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8QY
Received 27 Jun 2025Kingsleys High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 30 Jun 202563 Queens Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1EG
Received 30 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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