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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.
3,684 approved · 293 refused · 282 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Badgers Walk Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0AE
Received 7 Jul 202623 Meadowcroft Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1NA
Received 7 Jul 202660 Blunts Wood Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1NB
Received 7 Jul 2026Hillbury Cottage Horsham Road Handcross Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6DB
Received 7 Jul 2026Lloyds Bank 31 - 33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SP
Received 8 Jul 2026The Birches Hophurst Lane Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LJ
Received 8 Jul 2026Chutney And Grill 32 Railway Approach East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BP
Received 8 Jul 2026Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 8 Jul 2026Land East Of Wineham Lane Wineham West Sussex BN5 9AY
Received 8 Jul 202618 Malthouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XA
Received 8 Jul 2026Twineham Court Farm Bob Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NH
Received 8 Jul 2026Slaugham Manor Slaugham Place Slaugham West Sussex
Received 8 Jul 202612 Fields End Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3TR
Received 9 Jul 20266 Chichester Way Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RH
Received 9 Jul 202628 Grand Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DB
Received 9 Jul 2026Land At And To Rear Of 3 Heathview Cottages Copthorne Common Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LF
Received 9 Jul 20262 Chantlers Close East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1LU
Received 9 Jul 20269 The Brambles Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5BF
Received 9 Jul 2026Twineham Court Farm Bob Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NH
Received 9 Jul 2026Twineham Court Farm Bob Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NH
Received 9 Jul 202612 Heather Close Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3PZ
Received 9 Jul 2026Sussex House Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1DN
Received 9 Jul 2026Hamsland Dairy Lewes Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7DY
Received 10 Jul 2026Land South Of St Stephens Church Hamsland Horsted Keynes West Sussex
Received 10 Jul 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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