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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.
3,641 approved · 292 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 East Court Villas Cranston Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3HQ
Received 6 May 20265 Lucas Grange Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JS
Received 6 May 202633 Langmore Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BD
Received 6 May 2026Rear Of 129 And 133 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HR
Received 6 May 202635 Chancellors Park Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EY
Received 6 May 202626 Fairfield Crescent Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SF
Received 6 May 202618 Squires Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4JQ
Received 6 May 20263 Thornhurst Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0BF
Received 6 May 202641 Brookway Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BP
Received 6 May 2026The Lynns Turners Hill Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4HA
Received 6 May 20267 Hornbeam Place Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4AQ
Received 6 May 202615 Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SP
Received 7 May 2026Copyhold Hollow B And B Copyhold Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1XU
Received 7 May 2026Alice Crocker House St Johns Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 7 May 202650 Vale Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4JS
Received 7 May 2026Land South And West Of Imberhorne Upper School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 7 May 2026Wealden House Lewes Road Ashurst Wood West Sussex RH19 3TB
Received 7 May 202616 Hammonds Ridge Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9QQ
Received 7 May 202631 - 33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3BN
Received 8 May 2026Land To The South Of Reeds Lane Reeds Lane Sayers Common West Sussex
Received 7 May 202639 Mackie Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NH
Received 8 May 20265 Watermead Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6EY
Received 8 May 202621 Sheppeys Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4NP
Received 8 May 2026Maltings Farm Malthouse Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9JZ
Received 8 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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