Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,614 approved · 291 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Agricultural Storage Barn Wick Farm House Truslers Hill Lane Albourne West Sussex
Received 8 Apr 2026Sussex Community Trust The Kleinwort Centre Butlers Green Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BE
Received 8 Apr 202633 St Agnes Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3RP
Received 8 Apr 2026Slaugham Manor Slaugham Place Slaugham West Sussex
Received 8 Apr 20269 Maple Drive East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3UR
Received 8 Apr 202632 Potters Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JS
Received 8 Apr 2026The Oak Lodge Standen Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2RL
Received 8 Apr 2026Hollingbury Place Hollingbury Court Cuckfield Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SP
Received 9 Apr 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 9 Apr 2026Land East Of Brighton Road Pease Pottage West Sussex
Received 9 Apr 20264 Ivy Cottages Tollgate Lane Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DJ
Received 9 Apr 202611 Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SP
Received 9 Apr 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 9 Apr 202612 Brook Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SG
Received 9 Apr 2026Gatehouse Farm 1 Birdcage Lane Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HH
Received 9 Apr 2026Palmers Autocentre Tyres Palmers Autocentre Tyres Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HQ
Received 9 Apr 2026United Reformed Church Junction Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0JS
Received 9 Apr 202620 Royal George Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9SD
Received 10 Apr 2026Highways Access Land North Of Poplar Cottage Nursery Lane Warninglid West Sussex
Received 10 Apr 2026Land Parcel East Of Crawley Lane Crawley Lane Balcombe West Sussex
Received 13 Apr 2026West Hoathly Primary School North Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4QG
Received 13 Apr 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 13 Apr 20264 Portsmouth Wood Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DH
Received 13 Apr 202653 Bonnet Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0FP
Received 13 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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