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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.
3,491 approved · 277 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Garden Mead West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4QH
Received 5 Nov 202510 Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PA
Received 5 Nov 20256 Campbell Crescent East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1JR
Received 5 Nov 2025Hampton House High Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3AW
Received 4 Nov 2025Bakewell Lion Lane Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NU
Received 6 Nov 2025Tanyard Manor Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HY
Received 6 Nov 20259 Sackville Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2SG
Received 6 Nov 2025The Stables Woodfield House Isaacs Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RA
Received 6 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To16 Spring Gardens Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RS
Received 6 Nov 2025LloydsPharmacy Heathfield House High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JU
Received 6 Nov 202553 Bridgelands Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QW
Received 6 Nov 2025104 Middle Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4GH
Received 6 Nov 20256 Heatherbank Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HY
Received 6 Nov 2025Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 6 Nov 202544 Tiltwood Drive Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4DN
Received 6 Nov 2025Chantry Gardens The Green Slaugham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AQ
Received 7 Nov 2025Weald Lawn Tennis And Squash Rackets Club South Bank Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JP
Received 7 Nov 20252 Watermead Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6EY
Received 7 Nov 2025Clover Court Church Road Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 6 Nov 20251 Oak Bank Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RR
Received 10 Nov 20252 Preston Cottages The Green Slaugham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AQ
Received 10 Nov 202540 The Fairway Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JU
Received 10 Nov 2025Durstons Lodge Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RR
Received 10 Nov 202513 Beaconsfield Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9AT
Received 10 Nov 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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