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.
3,538 approved · 283 refused · 270 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Oakley Lodge 13 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HG
Received 5 Jan 202615 Stream Park East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1QN
Received 5 Jan 2026Spiral Cottage 116 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HS
Received 5 Jan 2026The Nest 8 Ridgeway East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4BW
Received 5 Jan 202636 Park Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8ET
Received 5 Jan 20266 Oakwood Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0HY
Received 5 Jan 2026Pantiles Cherry Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5PR
Received 5 Jan 2026Boyles Farm Harwoods Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4NL
Received 5 Jan 2026South Lodge South Avenue Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QB
Received 5 Jan 20262 Stoaches Cottages Freshfield Lane Danehill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7HQ
Received 5 Jan 202620 Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LD
Received 5 Jan 202625 Sydney Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1QE
Received 6 Jan 2026Nutfield Cottage Chapel Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AF
Received 6 Jan 202625 Farlington Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EZ
Received 6 Jan 202613 Noel Green Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8BS
Received 6 Jan 20263 Jacobs Rise East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4TU
Received 6 Jan 202669 Western Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LR
Received 6 Jan 202639 Coulstock Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XH
Received 6 Jan 20262 Greenside Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4AG
Received 6 Jan 2026Land East Of Brighton Road Pease Pottage West Sussex
Received 6 Jan 202686 Lashmere Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RT
Received 6 Jan 2026Land To Side Of 37 Barley Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XG
Received 6 Jan 2026Franklands Court Greenlands Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0AS
Received 7 Jan 202619 Musgrave Avenue East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4BP
Received 7 Jan 2026Records 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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