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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.
3,635 approved · 291 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
More House Copyhold Lane Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EB
Received 30 Apr 2026Sussex House Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1DN
Received 30 Apr 202693 Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3QZ
Received 30 Apr 202668 And 70 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QP
Received 30 Apr 20262 Buttinghill Drive Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5GQ
Received 30 Apr 2026Merrybrook Broxmead Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RG
Received 30 Apr 2026Pump Cottage 45 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TT
Received 1 May 202649 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JZ
Received 1 May 202653A College Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AD
Received 1 May 202638 Wood Ride Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4NJ
Received 1 May 2026Footpath Rear Of 208 To 214 The Welkin Lindfield West Sussex
Received 5 May 20268 Valebridge Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RS
Received 5 May 20264 St Georges Place Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QT
Received 5 May 202616 Birch Way Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SG
Received 5 May 2026Greenfields 6 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DR
Received 5 May 2026Orchard House 3 Hobdens Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SE
Received 5 May 20269 Nightingale Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DG
Received 5 May 2026211 Junction Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0NX
Received 5 May 202626 Woods Hill Lane Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3RL
Received 5 May 2026Fir Trees Hazelgrove Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3PQ
Received 5 May 202619 St Andrews Place Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QE
Received 5 May 2026Land Parcel To The North Of Nos. 42-54 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex
Received 5 May 20262 Sawyers Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0QB
Received 5 May 20267 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JE
Received 5 May 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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