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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.
3,620 approved · 291 refused · 275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White Lodge Old Place High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HU
Received 13 Apr 2026Limes Cottage 105 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HR
Received 13 Apr 2026St Josephs Catholic Primary School Hazelgrove Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3PQ
Received 13 Apr 202636 Fairford Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EF
Received 13 Apr 2026Premier Inn Charles Avenue Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9AL
Received 13 Apr 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 13 Apr 2026Hollyheart Cottage 12 Brookhill Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3QL
Received 14 Apr 202612 Fry Crescent Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8TP
Received 14 Apr 2026Chilcotts Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BZ
Received 14 Apr 202625 The Nursery Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0LF
Received 14 Apr 2026Land To The R/o Central House 25 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3XL
Received 14 Apr 2026101 South Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4LR
Received 15 Apr 2026101 South Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4LR
Received 15 Apr 202619 Meadow Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2RJ
Received 14 Apr 20267 Kingsland Cottages Reeds Lane Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JG
Received 15 Apr 202645 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TT
Received 15 Apr 2026Wallis House Orchard Way East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BL
Received 15 Apr 2026Land Adj. To 5 York Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9TT
Received 15 Apr 2026Boundary Place Long House Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5TE
Received 15 Apr 202667 Haywards Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4HX
Received 15 Apr 2026Greentree Farm High Street Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JZ
Received 15 Apr 20262 Fountain Mews High Street Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BH
Received 15 Apr 20262 By Sunte Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DF
Received 15 Apr 2026Knowles Mead Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR
Received 15 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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