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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.
3,474 approved · 276 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Quillet Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3RJ
Received 20 Oct 2025Bentley Cottage Wickham Hill Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NP
Received 20 Oct 2025Albany Deanland Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6PH
Received 20 Oct 2025199 Estcots Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3YP
Received 20 Oct 2025199 Estcots Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3YP
Received 20 Oct 202561 Sycamore Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0GG
Received 21 Oct 20251 Copse Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LS
Received 21 Oct 2025Bentley Cottage Wickham Hill Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NP
Received 21 Oct 202514 Fermandy Lane Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4UB
Received 21 Oct 2025Lower Barn North Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PP
Received 21 Oct 20256 Queens Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DF
Received 21 Oct 20254 Queens Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DF
Received 21 Oct 2025Oak Lodge Vowels Lane Kingscote East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LF
Received 21 Oct 20256 Calbourne Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4AQ
Received 21 Oct 202542 Cavalier Way East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4SE
Received 21 Oct 2025Great Mead Hanlye Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HR
Received 22 Oct 20253 Shepherds Walk Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EA
Received 22 Oct 2025Jobes Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6HZ
Received 22 Oct 2025Land Behind 5 And 6 The Dell Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AD
Received 22 Oct 2025Fern Cottage Bonfire Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AJ
Received 22 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To 39 Coulstock Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XH
Received 22 Oct 2025Wickenden Manor Chilling Street Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4JB
Received 22 Oct 202569 Western Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LR
Received 22 Oct 2025Kilnwood Apartments Rocky Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4XL
Received 22 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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