Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,749 approved · 294 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
4 Parkside East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1JG
Received 6 Oct 2026Land South And West Of Imberhorne Upper School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex
Received 6 Oct 2026Site Of Former Red Cross Hall 29 Paddockhall Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HQ
Received 6 Oct 2026Site Of Former Red Cross Hall 29 Paddockhall Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HQ
Received 6 Oct 2026Sussex Police Radio Station Broadfield West Hoathly West Sussex RH19 4QR
Received 6 Oct 2026Hathaways 10A Rothley Chase Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3PE
Received 7 Oct 2026Communal Garden Areas Barnard Gate Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1PQ
Received 7 Oct 202612 Hickmans Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BL
Received 7 Oct 2026The Gables Courtmead Road Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LP
Received 7 Oct 2026Land At Foxhole Farm Foxhole Lane Bolney West Sussex
Received 7 Oct 2026Land Outside Of Pigwidgeon Cottage Albourne Road Hurstpierpoint Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ET
Received 8 Oct 2026The Old Vicarage Broad Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LL
Received 8 Oct 2026Redgate Mill Twineham Lane Twineham Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NP
Received 8 Oct 20269 Portsmouth Wood Close Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DQ
Received 8 Oct 2026Land Opposite 2-4 By Sunte Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2DF
Received 8 Oct 202630 Clayton Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HD
Received 9 Oct 2026Land Parcel To The North Of 31 College Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex
Received 30 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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