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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.
3,613 approved · 291 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
West Hoathly Brickworks Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 1 Apr 2026Land R/o 23 Wheatsheaf Close Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 1 Apr 2026Chideok Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RT
Received 1 Apr 2026Ollen Vicarage Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4JJ
Received 31 Mar 2026Little Hollybush West Hoathly Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4NE
Received 2 Apr 2026Land Adj. To Rocky Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex
Received 26 Mar 202618 Malthouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XA
Received 2 Apr 202629 Chilton Grove Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BE
Received 7 Apr 2026Paddock Cottage Albourne Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ES
Received 7 Apr 202626 Brook Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SG
Received 7 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Church Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NR
Received 7 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Church Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NR
Received 7 Apr 2026McDonald's 165 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1ET
Received 7 Apr 202610 Gander Green Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RB
Received 7 Apr 202614 Railway Approach And Land R/O 108 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BP
Received 7 Apr 202619 Dunlop Close Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SL
Received 7 Apr 2026Flat 19 Laurel House Great Heathmead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1FE
Received 7 Apr 2026Frondwell Church Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3RD
Received 7 Apr 2026Ockenden Garden Lodge Ockenden Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LD
Received 7 Apr 2026Pavement Opposite East Grinstead Library 40 West Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4SR
Received 7 Apr 2026Pavement Opposite East Grinstead Library 40 West Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4SR
Received 7 Apr 2026Cedar Cottage Ardingly Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2QY
Received 8 Apr 20265 Meadow Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2RJ
Received 8 Apr 2026Francis Court Borers Arms Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LQ
Received 8 Apr 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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