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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.
3,726 approved · 293 refused · 284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 West Common Drive Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2AP
Received 7 Sept 202638 Renfields Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4TG
Received 7 Sept 20267 Cotsford Pease Pottage Crawley West Sussex RH11 9BF
Received 7 Sept 2026The Foal Barn Wyndham Farm Wineham Lane Wineham Henfield West Sussex BN5 9AN
Received 7 Sept 2026Sewage Works Near New Coombe Farm Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Received 10 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To Balfour Bungalow Colwell Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4NA
Received 8 Sept 202615 Portsmouth Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SE
Received 9 Sept 2026Ludham Farm Cinder Hill Lane Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7EG
Received 9 Sept 2026Philpots Manor School Hook Lane West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PR
Received 9 Sept 2026The Rectory Church Lane Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6UR
Received 9 Sept 20269 Perry Avenue East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2DJ
Received 9 Sept 20265 Burrell Cottages Whitemans Green Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DB
Received 9 Sept 2026Land East Of Keymer Road And South Of Folders Lane Broadlands Burgess Hill West Sussex
Received 9 Sept 2026Land South And West Of Imberhorne Upper School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 9 Sept 202636 Finches Park Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DN
Received 10 Sept 2026Francislea Colwell Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EL
Received 10 Sept 202623 Forest Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LT
Received 10 Sept 2026Fairmead 43 Greenways Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DT
Received 10 Sept 2026Holly Tree House Cuckfield Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RE
Received 10 Sept 2026At This Point 64 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1AB
Received 10 Sept 202613 Francis Road Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2JB
Received 10 Sept 202633 Willow Park Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3UA
Received 10 Sept 2026Selsfield Place Selsfield Common West Hoathly East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4LW
Received 10 Sept 2026Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 10 Sept 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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