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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.
3,315 approved · 264 refused · 251 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The East Of Freshfield Lane Danehill West Sussex
Received 4 Aug 2025Colwood Halton Shaws Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QR
Received 5 Aug 2025Mill House Annexe Old Hollow Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 4TB
Received 5 Aug 20251 Lucas Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JR
Received 5 Aug 2025Land On The West Side Of Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 5 Aug 2025Land Rear Of 96 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 5 Aug 202527 - 29 Birches Industrial Estate East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1XZ
Received 5 Aug 2025Gingerbread House 6 William Allen Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2SH
Received 6 Aug 202511 Barnfield Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6FW
Received 5 Aug 2025Woodland House Cuttinglye Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LR
Received 6 Aug 2025Cleeve House The Street Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5PG
Received 6 Aug 202521 Wivelsfield Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EF
Received 6 Aug 2025Sackville School Lewes Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3TY
Received 6 Aug 2025Tree Adjacent To 4 Milton Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1AH
Received 7 Aug 2025Phase 1c, Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North And North West Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 4 Aug 202525 Eastern Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3NG
Received 7 Aug 20251 Oakwood Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0HY
Received 7 Aug 2025Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North And North West Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 7 Aug 2025Burleigh Oaks House East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PZ
Received 8 Aug 20255 The Holt Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4XR
Received 8 Aug 20251 Edward Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4QJ
Received 8 Aug 2025Bramber 52 Wickham Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1UQ
Received 8 Aug 2025Spotted Cow Cottage Albourne Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ET
Received 8 Aug 202514 Ledgers Meadow Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EW
Received 8 Aug 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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