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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.
3,318 approved · 265 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At Costells Wood Lewes Road Scaynes Hill West Sussex
Received 8 Aug 2025Malthouse Field London Road Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QB
Received 8 Aug 202575 Turners Mill Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1NH
Received 8 Aug 2025South Lodge Stonehurst Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN
Received 8 Aug 202531 Pullman Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4XB
Received 11 Aug 2025Tanyard Manor Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HY
Received 11 Aug 202522 St Wilfrids Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8BD
Received 11 Aug 2025Chideok Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RT
Received 11 Aug 2025Lincoln Lodge Roundwood Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SJ
Received 11 Aug 202514 Bramble Close Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QB
Received 11 Aug 2025The Old Malthouse Ockley Manor Farm Ockley Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NX
Received 11 Aug 2025Havelock Farm Wakehurst Place Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN
Received 11 Aug 2025Bridgers Farmhouse Langton Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HA
Received 11 Aug 2025Bridgers Farmhouse Langton Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HA
Received 11 Aug 2025100 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HS
Received 11 Aug 2025Ardingly Reservoir College Road Ardingly West Sussex
Received 11 Aug 202520 Unicorn Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0UU
Received 11 Aug 2025Tansy Farm Hickstead Lane Hickstead West Sussex
Received 11 Aug 2025Handcross Filling Station London Road Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BL
Received 11 Aug 202597 Moat Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LW
Received 11 Aug 202568 And 70 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QP
Received 11 Aug 20251 Heasewood Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4TJ
Received 12 Aug 2025Site Of Lowlands Farm Freeks Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 12 Aug 202547 Downs View Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HY
Received 12 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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