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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.
3,523 approved · 283 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 16 Dec 2025Land West Of Lodge Cottage South Avenue Hurstpierpoint West Sussex
Received 16 Dec 2025Land South Of Crawley Down Road Felbridge East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2PP
Received 16 Dec 2025Orchard House Wyatts Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AH
Received 16 Dec 2025Land South Of St Stephens Church Hamsland Horsted Keynes West Sussex
Received 16 Dec 2025Oakmead Broad Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DX
Received 16 Dec 202530 West Common Drive Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2AW
Received 16 Dec 2025Cottage Homes Church Platt Cuckfield West Sussex RH17 5LA
Received 16 Dec 202511 - 14 Hett Close Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TE
Received 16 Dec 20251 The Beacons Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8FG
Received 17 Dec 2025Red Oaks Weald Chase Staplefield Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HY
Received 17 Dec 202590 Renfields Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4TG
Received 17 Dec 2025Village Hall Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HE
Received 17 Dec 2025Chantry House The Green Slaugham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AQ
Received 17 Dec 2025Hamsland House Lewes Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7DY
Received 17 Dec 202516 Gothard Green Way Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ZJ
Received 17 Dec 202571 New England Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LE
Received 18 Dec 2025148 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TB
Received 18 Dec 2025Land West Of Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 18 Dec 2025Townhouse Farm Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR
Received 18 Dec 20257 Whites Close Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9XX
Received 18 Dec 2025Nationwide 58 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9RG
Received 18 Dec 2025Wykehurst House Wykehurst Park Colwood Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QQ
Received 18 Dec 2025Wykehurst House Wykehurst Park Colwood Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QQ
Received 18 Dec 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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