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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.
3,278 approved · 260 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Clayton Park Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JQ
Received 14 Jul 20253 Coulstock Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XH
Received 14 Jul 20255 The Grove Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SJ
Received 14 Jul 2025The Granary Honeybourne Farm Truslers Hill Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9DU
Received 14 Jul 20252 The Croft Harwoods Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4NQ
Received 14 Jul 202510 Woodsland Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HE
Received 14 Jul 2025The Co-operative Food Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BY
Received 14 Jul 2025Land South Of Crawley Down Road Felbridge East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2PP
Received 14 Jul 20258 Redwood Drive Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4ER
Received 14 Jul 2025Land South Of Crawley Down Road Felbridge East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2PP
Received 14 Jul 2025Woodside Grange Woodsland Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EX
Received 14 Jul 202525 Willow Park And 7 Lark Rise Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3UA
Received 14 Jul 202554 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TA
Received 15 Jul 202511B Hillcrest Close Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PJ
Received 15 Jul 2025Lywood Barn Lindfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SW
Received 15 Jul 2025Lywood Barn Lindfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SW
Received 15 Jul 2025Tree To Rear Of Henfield Cottage Vicarage Lane Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PB
Received 15 Jul 2025156 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TD
Received 15 Jul 2025Trees At Marstal, Copthorne Bank And 2 The Glebe Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RP
Received 15 Jul 202510 Sergison Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HU
Received 16 Jul 2025Gatehouse Farm 1 Birdcage Lane Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HH
Received 16 Jul 202598 Woodbury Avenue East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3UX
Received 16 Jul 202512 Vale Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4JT
Received 16 Jul 202511 Truggers Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6DQ
Received 16 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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