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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.
3,599 approved · 288 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clovelly Colwell Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4HD
Received 12 Mar 20265 Baldwins Field East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2HE
Received 13 Mar 20269 Adastra Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DP
Received 13 Mar 2026Routwood The Street Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5TU
Received 13 Mar 2026Sussex House Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1DN
Received 13 Mar 2026Penland Farm Cottage 7A Timbergate Drive Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LH
Received 16 Mar 202643 Nursery Close Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9WA
Received 16 Mar 20261 Farlington Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EZ
Received 16 Mar 2026Turners Hill Cricket Club Turners Hill Road Turners Hill West Sussex RH10 4PE
Received 16 Mar 20261A Lodgelands Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SD
Received 16 Mar 20261 Commercial Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8QL
Received 16 Mar 2026Land At Hurstpierpoint College Malthouse Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex
Received 16 Mar 2026East Grinstead Sports Club Sports Field Saint Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4JU
Received 17 Mar 2026Biscayne 2 Hobdens Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SE
Received 17 Mar 2026Spicers Farm Rowhill Lane Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JN
Received 17 Mar 2026Spicers Farm Rowhill Lane Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JN
Received 17 Mar 2026Lloyds Bank 31 - 33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SP
Received 17 Mar 2026West Hoathly Brickworks Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 17 Mar 2026Site Of Former Maxwelton House 41 - 43 Boltro Road Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 17 Mar 2026New Bury Theatre Hurstpierpoint College College Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex
Received 17 Mar 2026Fowlers Broxmead Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5JH
Received 17 Mar 2026Land At Hurst Farm Hurstwood Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 17 Mar 20262 Glendyne Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4NP
Received 17 Mar 20266 Burleigh Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4UX
Received 18 Mar 2026Records 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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