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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.
3,276 approved · 260 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
22 Savill Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2NX
Received 8 Jul 2025Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North And North West Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 8 Jul 2025Land To The North Of Lyndon Reeds Lane Sayers Common West Sussex BN6 9LS
Received 8 Jul 20251 Shepherds Walk Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EA
Received 8 Jul 2025Tanyard Manor Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HY
Received 8 Jul 2025Tanyard Manor Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HY
Received 8 Jul 202523 Bolnore Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4AB
Received 9 Jul 2025Gatehouse Farm 1 Birdcage Lane Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HH
Received 9 Jul 2025Woodlands Paddockhurst Road Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4SE
Received 9 Jul 2025West Hoathly Brickworks Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 9 Jul 2025Ibstock Kevington Building Products Ltd Ibstock Brick West Hoathly Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 9 Jul 202562 Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SN
Received 10 Jul 2025Garden Cottage Cleavers Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HZ
Received 10 Jul 2025Fairhaven Abberton Field Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QD
Received 10 Jul 2025Annexe 38 Fairway Copthorne West Sussex RH10 3QA
Received 10 Jul 202510 Sergison Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HU
Received 10 Jul 202558 Park Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8ET
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 96 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 11 Jul 2025Worth School Paddockhurst Road Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4SD
Received 11 Jul 202516 Pinehurst Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DQ
Received 11 Jul 2025Sackville College High Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3BX
Received 11 Jul 2025The Nest 8 Ridgeway East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4BW
Received 11 Jul 2025Phase 2E Keymer Tiles Work Kilnwood Avenue Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0WJ
Received 14 Jul 20259 North Court Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JS
Received 14 Jul 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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