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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.
3,707 approved · 293 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Junction Of Blackwell Farm Road And Holtye Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 3 Aug 202614 Barn Close Pease Pottage Crawley West Sussex RH11 9AN
Received 3 Aug 2026Marshalls High Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5EL
Received 3 Aug 202612 Southdown Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4JR
Received 3 Aug 20263 Gothard Green Way Goddards Green Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ZJ
Received 4 Aug 2026Oak Lodge 1 Franklands Gardens Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0UJ
Received 4 Aug 20262 Pickers Green Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BS
Received 4 Aug 2026St Andrews Church Cuckfield Lane Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5UB
Received 4 Aug 202638 Inholmes Park Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0JE
Received 4 Aug 2026Land At Queen Victoria Hospital Hackenden Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 4 Aug 20266 Adastra Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DL
Received 4 Aug 202627 Dunlop Close Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SL
Received 4 Aug 202672 Nursery Close Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9WA
Received 4 Aug 202622 Elwood Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9RE
Received 5 Aug 2026Acorns 173 Charlwoods Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2RX
Received 4 Aug 202640 Mill Green Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1XQ
Received 5 Aug 20261 Jubilee Cottages Bolney Road Ansty Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AW
Received 5 Aug 20263 Wilmington Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QB
Received 5 Aug 2026The Old Coach House Bridgers Mill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1TF
Received 5 Aug 2026Land West Of Selsfield Road Ardingly West Sussex
Received 5 Aug 2026Wealden House Lewes Road Ashurst Wood West Sussex RH19 3TB
Received 5 Aug 2026Awbrook House Lewes Road Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7TB
Received 6 Aug 2026Awbrook House Lewes Road Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7TB
Received 6 Aug 202631 Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LE
Received 6 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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