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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.
3,701 approved · 293 refused · 283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 2017 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Whites Close Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9XX
Received 24 Jul 202613 Meadow Drive Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2RS
Received 24 Jul 2026Land Parcel Between Jane Murray Way And Wheatsheaf Close Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 24 Jul 2026Mantlemas Lion Lane Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NU
Received 24 Jul 2026Mantlemas Lion Lane Turners Hill Crawley West Sussex RH10 4NU
Received 24 Jul 2026Land Between Barnden Close And Oak Hall Park Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 24 Jul 20261 Compton Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2JY
Received 24 Jul 202611 Barnfield Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6FW
Received 24 Jul 2026Gatehouse Hub Neaves Park Goddards Green West Sussex BN6 9ZN
Received 24 Jul 2026Sams Fish Bar 36 Sussex Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EA
Received 24 Jul 2026Land At Junction Of Blackwell Farm Road And Holtye Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 27 Jul 2026Birch Grove Farmhouse Birchgrove Road Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7BT
Received 27 Jul 2026Lloyds Bank Bank Chambers 36 - 38 Church Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9AH
Received 27 Jul 20262 Preston Cottages The Green Slaugham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AQ
Received 27 Jul 2026Applewood Deanland Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LX
Received 27 Jul 20264 Hillside Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4XD
Received 27 Jul 202670 Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SX
Received 27 Jul 2026Land At Wheatsheaf Inn Broad Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DW
Received 27 Jul 2026Applehanger Lewes Road Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3SX
Received 27 Jul 20262 Preston Cottages The Green Slaugham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6AQ
Received 27 Jul 2026Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 27 Jul 2026Wilderness Field Land Parcel The Wilderness Lindfield West Sussex
Received 27 Jul 202610 The Grove Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SJ
Received 27 Jul 2026Imberhorne Lower School Windmill Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2DT
Received 27 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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