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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.
3,464 approved · 276 refused · 266 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Woodsland Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EU
Received 13 Oct 2025Stonecroft Broad Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DY
Received 13 Oct 2025Chatesgrove Cross Colwood Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RY
Received 13 Oct 2025Chatesgrove Cross Colwood Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RY
Received 13 Oct 2025Amberley Farm Bishopstone Lane Ansty Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AR
Received 13 Oct 202514 Hill House Close Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4YY
Received 13 Oct 202552 Pasture Hill Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LX
Received 13 Oct 2025Coombe Place Cottage Turners Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LX
Received 13 Oct 202551 Faulkners Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8SA
Received 13 Oct 2025Brambletyne 5 The Rushes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2QH
Received 13 Oct 2025Land Rear Of 96 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 13 Oct 2025179 Hoblands Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SB
Received 13 Oct 2025Eden Hollow Furzefield Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2JL
Received 14 Oct 2025Turners Hill Park Nightingale Lane Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4QS
Received 14 Oct 2025Lydhurst Estate The Street Warninglid West Sussex RH17 5SJ
Received 13 Oct 202518 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SA
Received 14 Oct 2025The Old Lodge Ditton Place Brantridge Lane Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JR
Received 14 Oct 2025Leigh Cottage Cuckfield Road Ansty Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AL
Received 14 Oct 2025Franklands Village Store Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3RA
Received 15 Oct 2025Sandhill Sandhill Lane Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LE
Received 15 Oct 20252 The Glebe Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RP
Received 15 Oct 2025Holmsted Farm Staplefield Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JF
Received 15 Oct 2025Land At Hurstpierpoint College Malthouse Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex
Received 15 Oct 20254 Cantelupe Mews 37 - 39 Cantelupe Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3BG
Received 13 Oct 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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