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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.
3,654 approved · 292 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 Nightingale Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9JJ
Received 18 May 20266 St Christophers Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9UX
Received 18 May 2026Blackbirds Bramble Hill Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6HR
Received 18 May 20265 Hurst Gardens Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ST
Received 18 May 2026Pookberry Farm Pookbourne Lane Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HD
Received 18 May 2026Imberhorne Lower School Windmill Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2DT
Received 18 May 202612 Mantlemas Cottages Lion Lane Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NZ
Received 19 May 2026Lucastes Court 6 Paddockhall Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HH
Received 19 May 2026The Pump House Wykehurst Park Colwood Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5QQ
Received 19 May 2026Blendon Brookhill Road Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3PJ
Received 19 May 202651 Brookway Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BP
Received 19 May 2026Land Adjacent To 7 Schwaz Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3AR
Received 19 May 20262 Ewart Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8FJ
Received 19 May 202610 Clayton Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9HH
Received 19 May 2026Land To The North Of Lyndon Reeds Lane Sayers Common West Sussex
Received 19 May 2026Hillsborough House 118 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PX
Received 20 May 2026Woodfield House Isaacs Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RA
Received 20 May 2026Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North And North West Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 20 May 2026Shepherds Barn Birch Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SL
Received 20 May 20263 Wilmington Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QB
Received 20 May 202614 Park Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4HZ
Received 20 May 202638 Savill Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2NX
Received 20 May 202638 Foxglove Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8UY
Received 21 May 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 21 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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