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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.
3,326 approved · 265 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bagpiths Cottage Haywards Heath Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6PE
Received 12 Aug 2025Francis Court Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LQ
Received 12 Aug 2025Little Pakyns Albourne Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ET
Received 12 Aug 202514 And 18 Old School Court Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2LD
Received 12 Aug 202510 Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NA
Received 12 Aug 2025North Haven Fox Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4QY
Received 12 Aug 2025Sundial Cottage 6 Newstone Cottages East Street Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PX
Received 13 Aug 2025Land To The South Of Kings Way Burgess Hill RH15 0XP
Received 13 Aug 2025Evergreen London Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NA
Received 13 Aug 2025Loriner House Broad Street Cuckfield West Sussex RH17 5LJ
Received 13 Aug 2025Loriner House Broad Street Cuckfield West Sussex RH17 5LJ
Received 13 Aug 2025Bowleys Church Lane Albourne Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BY
Received 13 Aug 2025Copthorne Golf Club Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LL
Received 13 Aug 2025The Red Lion High Street Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BP
Received 13 Aug 2025Tesco Stores Ltd Jane Murray Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9QT
Received 13 Aug 202544 Milton Crescent East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1TN
Received 14 Aug 2025Site Of Former Deanlands Place Horsted Lane Sharpthorne West Sussex RH19 4HX
Received 14 Aug 2025Stable Block Borde Hill Garden Borde Hill Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1XP
Received 14 Aug 2025St Johns Lodge 151 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HT
Received 14 Aug 2025Lullings Cottage West Hill Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6QY
Received 14 Aug 2025Lullings Cottage West Hill Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6QY
Received 14 Aug 2025St Johns Lodge 151 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HT
Received 14 Aug 2025St Johns Lodge 151 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HT
Received 15 Aug 2025The Lodge Bennetts Rise Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 15 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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