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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.
3,731 approved · 293 refused · 284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG
Received 10 Sept 2026The Old Stables White House Brantridge Lane Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6JP
Received 10 Sept 202637 Highfield Drive Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9AU
Received 10 Sept 20266 Oakenfield Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8SJ
Received 10 Sept 2026Land At Queen Victoria Hospital Hackenden Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 10 Sept 20268 The Crescent Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8RB
Received 10 Sept 2026Land South And West Of Imberhorne Upper School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 10 Sept 2026Land Off Scamps Hill Scaynes Hill Road Lindfield West Sussex
Received 11 Sept 2026Alders Farm Brighton Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9EE
Received 11 Sept 2026Hops House Stairbridge Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5PA
Received 11 Sept 2026Wych House Halton Shaws Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9QR
Received 11 Sept 20265 Orchard Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QE
Received 14 Sept 2026The Barn Nyes Hill Farm Wineham Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5SD
Received 14 Sept 202625 Sackville Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 2AX
Received 14 Sept 20266 Pineham Copse Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3HT
Received 14 Sept 202614 Newlands Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6HX
Received 14 Sept 20261 Calbourne Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4AQ
Received 14 Sept 20268 Pasture Wood Close Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4AP
Received 14 Sept 2026Site Of Former Friday Ad Ltd London Road Sayers Common West Sussex
Received 14 Sept 202621 Brook Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SF
Received 14 Sept 2026103 Barnmead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1XB
Received 14 Sept 202624 Haynes Way Pease Pottage Crawley West Sussex RH11 9GB
Received 14 Sept 2026Land Adj. To 19 Estcots Drive East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 14 Sept 202629 High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HJ
Received 15 Sept 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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