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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.
3,656 approved · 292 refused · 280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land N And NW Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands Nature Reserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 21 May 202636 Kings Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DZ
Received 21 May 202618 Malthouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XA
Received 21 May 2026Ibstock Kevington Building Products Ltd Ibstock Brick West Hoathly Hamsey Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PB
Received 20 May 2026Courtlands Snow Hill Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 3DZ
Received 21 May 2026St Giles Church Church Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7AY
Received 21 May 202623 Willow Park Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3UA
Received 21 May 20265 Coombe Cottages Bluebell Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PF
Received 22 May 20264 Farlington Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3EH
Received 22 May 202621 Bartlett Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0AT
Received 22 May 2026Oak Lodge 1 Franklands Gardens Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0UJ
Received 22 May 2026Land At East Mascalls Lane Lindfield West Sussex
Received 22 May 2026Earthingleigh College Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6SA
Received 22 May 2026East Grinstead Town Council Council Offices East Court College Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LT
Received 22 May 2026Land Adjacent To Bolney Substation Bob Lane Twineham West Sussex
Received 26 May 202657 And 58 Bramblehill Farm Selsfield Road Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4PS
Received 26 May 20264 Beech Hurst Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4AE
Received 26 May 20261 Church Green Cottages Brighton Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TS
Received 26 May 2026168 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TE
Received 26 May 2026119 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SY
Received 26 May 202616 St Martin Close Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6DW
Received 26 May 202610 Chalkers Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LR
Received 26 May 2026Cobwebs Street Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UJ
Received 26 May 2026Pascotts Farm Snowdrop Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2QE
Received 26 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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