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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.
3,704 approved · 293 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Red Oaks Weald Chase Staplefield Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5HY
Received 30 Jul 2026Gleddoch House Stockcroft Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LG
Received 30 Jul 2026Catkins 32 Hammerwood Road Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3TG
Received 30 Jul 202626B Pelham Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2ER
Received 30 Jul 2026Land Referred To As Fir Trees Place Turners Hill Road Crawley Down RH10 4HQ
Received 30 Jul 20261 St Edmunds Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4HH
Received 30 Jul 202610 Chapel Lane Ashurst Wood East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3QS
Received 30 Jul 2026Oldland Oldlands Avenue Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6LP
Received 30 Jul 202628 West Common Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2AH
Received 30 Jul 2026Land South And West Of Imberhorne Upper School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 30 Jul 202633 The Oaks Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9XP
Received 31 Jul 202647 Grace Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8GD
Received 31 Jul 2026Hitchins Cottage Annexes Moatlands Vowels Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LL
Received 31 Jul 2026Hambrook School Marle Place 171 Leylands Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8HY
Received 31 Jul 2026Land East Of Wineham Lane Wineham West Sussex BN5 9AY
Received 31 Jul 2026The Creative Assembly Ltd 4 York Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9TT
Received 30 Jul 2026Land South And West Of Imberhorne Upper School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 3 Aug 202672 Sheppeys Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4NU
Received 3 Aug 20261 Peckhams North Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4QF
Received 3 Aug 2026Hurstmead 22 Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7SN
Received 3 Aug 20261 Ashburnham Drive Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AQ
Received 3 Aug 2026Land West Of Ockley Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 2026Land West Of Ockley Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 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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