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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.
3,374 approved · 268 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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 12 Sept 2025Freshfield Lane Brickworks Freshfield Lane Danehill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7HH
Received 12 Sept 20255 William Allen Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2SA
Received 12 Sept 2025Bowders Farm Haywards Heath Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6QH
Received 12 Sept 2025The Orchard Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HX
Received 12 Sept 2025Pantiles Cherry Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5PR
Received 15 Sept 2025Wellhouse Wellhouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0BN
Received 15 Sept 20254 Spring Copse Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3XY
Received 15 Sept 202541 Hophurst Drive Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4XA
Received 15 Sept 2025Townhouse Farm Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR
Received 15 Sept 2025Birch Trees Farm Cuckfield Road Ansty Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AG
Received 15 Sept 2025Blackbirds Bramble Hill Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6HR
Received 15 Sept 202518 Kitsmead Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3PW
Received 15 Sept 2025Tree Adjacent To 32 Malthouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XA
Received 15 Sept 202536 Dale Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LP
Received 15 Sept 2025The Stackyard Malthouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XA
Received 15 Sept 202538 Coulstock Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XH
Received 15 Sept 2025Roche Diagnostics Ltd Roche House Charles Avenue Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9UF
Received 15 Sept 202563 Queens Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1EG
Received 15 Sept 2025Wakehurst Place Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN
Received 15 Sept 202520 Victoria Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9QS
Received 15 Sept 20252 Chilton House Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BX
Received 15 Sept 202531 Royal George Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9SB
Received 16 Sept 2025Church Corner House Church Road Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 16 Sept 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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