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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.
3,380 approved · 268 refused · 257 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Darsana The Drive Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3JZ
Received 16 Sept 20251 Fields End Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3TR
Received 16 Sept 202519 Dellney Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LX
Received 16 Sept 202531 The Old Convent East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3RS
Received 16 Sept 202530 Greenways Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DT
Received 17 Sept 2025Mimosa House 54A Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 17 Sept 20257 Woodland Drive Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4UF
Received 17 Sept 202512 Berry Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8SD
Received 17 Sept 2025Beech House Deanland Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LX
Received 17 Sept 2025South Riding Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3RJ
Received 17 Sept 2025Ashling Gravelye Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2SL
Received 17 Sept 2025Burstow Cottage Hammingden Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SR
Received 17 Sept 2025Burstow Cottage Hammingden Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SR
Received 17 Sept 20252A High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TY
Received 17 Sept 202552 Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SN
Received 18 Sept 20256 Highfields Brighton Road Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SY
Received 18 Sept 20257 College Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3YA
Received 18 Sept 202535 Kings Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DY
Received 18 Sept 2025Land To The West Of 1 - 29 Bowers Place Crawley Down Green Station Road Crawley Down RH10 4HY
Received 18 Sept 2025Land At And To Rear Of 3 Heathview Cottages Copthorne Common Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LF
Received 18 Sept 2025Rowfant House Wallage Lane Rowfant Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NG
Received 19 Sept 2025Land To The West Of Freeks Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 19 Sept 2025Woodland House Cuttinglye Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LR
Received 22 Sept 202522 College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AQ
Received 22 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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