Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,529 approved · 283 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
96 College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AJ
Received 18 Dec 2025Land To Rear Of 15,17 And 19 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DQ
Received 19 Dec 2025Framlingham 1 The Dell Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JG
Received 19 Dec 202577 Wivelsfield Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EP
Received 19 Dec 2025Providence Chapel Cowfold Road Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QU
Received 19 Dec 2025Balcombe Primary School London Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6HS
Received 19 Dec 2025113 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QL
Received 19 Dec 202549 Queens Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1EG
Received 19 Dec 2025Birchwood Birchwood Grove Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DL
Received 19 Dec 202538 Backwoods Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2EN
Received 19 Dec 2025Skyline 90 Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RP
Received 19 Dec 2025Dens Barn Farm Stonecross Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2QU
Received 19 Dec 2025Land At Queen Victoria Hospital Hackenden Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 22 Dec 20256 Oakenfield Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8SJ
Received 22 Dec 202534 Finches Park Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DN
Received 22 Dec 202538 Akehurst Close Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QQ
Received 22 Dec 2025Unit 4 Link 23 Nursery Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JS
Received 22 Dec 2025Hill House Cottage Handcross Road Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6EE
Received 22 Dec 2025Hill House Cottage Handcross Road Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6EE
Received 22 Dec 202523 Benjamin Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0FG
Received 22 Dec 2025Storm Creative Partnership Ltd The Old Surgery High Street Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BN
Received 22 Dec 202532 Pullman Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4XB
Received 22 Dec 2025Land At And Adjacent To The Former Sewage Treatment Works Fairbridge Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8BF
Received 22 Dec 2025The Martlets Shopping Centre Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9NN
Received 22 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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