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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.
3,285 approved · 260 refused · 247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Heron Place East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4TD
Received 24 Jul 2025Scaynes Hill Millennium Village Centre Lewes Road Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PG
Received 24 Jul 20251 Tower House Close Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EQ
Received 24 Jul 202559 Farlington Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EZ
Received 25 Jul 202572 Campbell Crescent East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1JS
Received 25 Jul 2025112 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9RZ
Received 25 Jul 2025Land West Of Ockley Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 25 Jul 20254 Swann Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0TR
Received 28 Jul 202514 Ewart Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8FJ
Received 28 Jul 2025Compton Lea 57 Compton Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2JY
Received 28 Jul 2025Hurstpierpoint College Chalkers Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9JS
Received 28 Jul 20255 Iden Hurst Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9XZ
Received 28 Jul 2025Old Keysford Hall Treemans Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7EA
Received 28 Jul 2025Old Keysford Hall Treemans Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7EA
Received 28 Jul 202510 Woodhall Close Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HJ
Received 28 Jul 2025Westup Farm Deaks Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JB
Received 28 Jul 2025Broadhurst Stables Broadhurst Manor Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7BG
Received 28 Jul 20252 Oak Cottages Truslers Hill Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JN
Received 28 Jul 202516 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SA
Received 29 Jul 2025Land To The North Of Lyndon Reeds Lane Sayers Common West Sussex
Received 29 Jul 2025Amenity Land Surrounding Flats At Tollgate Lindfield West Sussex
Received 29 Jul 2025Site Of Former East Lodge Farm Malthouse Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex BN6 9LA
Received 29 Jul 202513 Parklands Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JY
Received 29 Jul 20254 Northway Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0PN
Received 30 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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