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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.
3,597 approved · 288 refused · 275 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hampton Lodge 2 Hassocks Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QN
Received 9 Mar 2026Annandale Orchard Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QF
Received 9 Mar 2026Field House Freshfield Lane Danehill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7HQ
Received 9 Mar 20263 The Beacons Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8FG
Received 9 Mar 20262 Cotsford Pease Pottage Crawley West Sussex RH11 9BF
Received 9 Mar 2026Willowfield 25 Alexandra Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EP
Received 9 Mar 2026HPC Engineering Ltd Victoria Gardens Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9RQ
Received 9 Mar 2026Daleham Deanland Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LT
Received 10 Mar 2026Hurstpierpoint Methodist Church Hall 42 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SA
Received 10 Mar 2026105 Lion Lane Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NU
Received 10 Mar 202625 Dale Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LP
Received 10 Mar 2026Sandhill Farm Sandhill Lane Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LE
Received 11 Mar 2026Little Pakyns Cottage Albourne Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ET
Received 11 Mar 202650 Buckhurst Way East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2AJ
Received 11 Mar 2026Burgess 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 11 Mar 2026Knowles Street Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UJ
Received 11 Mar 2026Gatehouse Farm Gatehouse Lane Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LE
Received 11 Mar 202669 Western Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3LR
Received 11 Mar 20261 Old Church Cottages Church Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AY
Received 11 Mar 2026Land Adj To Ash Tree Cottage Rose Cottage Lane Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6EP
Received 12 Mar 2026Woodfield House Isaacs Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RA
Received 12 Mar 2026The Paddock London Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NA
Received 12 Mar 2026139 Chanctonbury Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9HE
Received 12 Mar 202611 Franklynn Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4DG
Received 12 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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