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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.
3,711 approved · 293 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tillinghurst Farm Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TJ
Received 6 Aug 2026All Saints Church Office The Tiger All Saints Church House 122 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HS
Received 6 Aug 20264 Oak Hall Park Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0BX
Received 6 Aug 2026148 Western Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9TB
Received 6 Aug 202621 Lucastes Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1LE
Received 6 Aug 2026Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 6 Aug 2026Land At Foxhole Farm Foxhole Lane Bolney West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2026Land At Foxhole Farm Foxhole Lane Bolney West Sussex
Received 10 Aug 2026Land Between Edwin Street And Hammonds Ridge Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2026Mount Noddy Cottage Cuckfield Road Ansty Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5AG
Received 7 Aug 2026Land Off Scamps Hill Scaynes Hill Road Lindfield West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2026Old Danworth Cottage Danworth Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9LN
Received 7 Aug 2026Land At Queen Victoria Hospital Hackenden Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 2026Land South Of St Stephens Church Hamsland Horsted Keynes West Sussex
Received 7 Aug 202614 Hazel Grove Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0BY
Received 7 Aug 2026Jordans Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UP
Received 10 Aug 20269 Morton Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4AF
Received 10 Aug 2026Willow House 17 Silverdale Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0ED
Received 10 Aug 20265 Chancellors Park Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EY
Received 10 Aug 2026Marlow House 107 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HR
Received 10 Aug 2026Marlow House 107 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HR
Received 10 Aug 2026Ashoak Nivaas 106 Folders Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0DX
Received 10 Aug 2026235 Chanctonbury Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9HG
Received 10 Aug 2026Holly Tree House Cuckfield Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RE
Received 10 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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