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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.
3,744 approved · 294 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Bolney Grange Industrial Park Jobs Lane Hickstead West Sussex
Received 1 Oct 202634 Lucastes Avenue Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1JX
Received 1 Oct 2026Awbrook Bungalow Ham Lane Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PR
Received 1 Oct 2026The Plantation Saint Hill Road East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 1 Oct 2026The Brook Cuttinglye Road Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LR
Received 1 Oct 2026Hazel Cottage Horsted Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4HX
Received 2 Oct 2026Robinshaw Haywards Heath Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6NJ
Received 2 Oct 20267 Dunlop Close Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9SL
Received 2 Oct 2026Recreation Area Chapelfields Cuckfield West Sussex
Received 2 Oct 2026Land At Stairbridge Lane, Adjoining Bolney Grange Industrial Park Bolney West Sussex
Received 2 Oct 2026140 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PX
Received 2 Oct 2026140 High Street Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PX
Received 2 Oct 2026Land East Of Wineham Lane Wineham West Sussex BN5 9AY
Received 2 Oct 20265 Michelbourne Close Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9QX
Received 2 Oct 2026Land At Foxhole Farm Foxhole Lane Bolney West Sussex
Received 2 Oct 2026Woodfield Farm House Isaacs Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RA
Received 5 Oct 2026Burgess Hill Northern Arc, Land North And North West Of Burgess Hill, Between Bedelands NatureReserve In The East And, Goddard's Green Waste Water Treatment Works In The West
Received 5 Oct 2026Twineham Court Farm Bob Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NH
Received 5 Oct 2026Rosewood Cottage Birch Close Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7ST
Received 5 Oct 20261-4 Malthouse Cottages Malthouse Lane Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PE
Received 6 Oct 202620 London Road Balcombe Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6PZ
Received 6 Oct 202628 Balcombe Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1PF
Received 6 Oct 2026All Saints Church Hammingden Lane Ardingly West Sussex RH17 6SS
Received 6 Oct 202611 Ashplats Mews East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3AQ
Received 6 Oct 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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