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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Sussex County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land at Highwood Village, East of A24, Horsham, RH12 1GF
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedUnit 29, Firsland Park Industrial Estate, Henfield Road, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9JJ
Received Not publishedBlackthorns Community Primary School, Blackthorns Close, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2UA
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedElm Grove Infants School, Elm Grove Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6AH
Received Not publishedEast Worthing Waste Water Treatment Works, Western Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2PN
Received Not publishedEast Wittering County Primary School, Stocks Lane, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8NH
Received Not publishedLyminster Primary School, Wick Street, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7JZ
Received Not publishedLand at Eartham, Chichester
Received Not publishedEast Worthing Waste Water Treatment Works, Meadow Road, East Worthing, West Sussex
Received Not publishedLand at Wicks Farm, Ford Lane, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0DF
Received Not publishedThe Flintstone Centre, East Street, Littlehampton, BN17 6AW
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard (Day Group), Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedParklands Community Primary School, Durnford Close, Chichester, PO19 3AG
Received Not publishedAngmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedBlackstone Waste Water Treatment Works, Blackstone Lane, Blackstone, BN5 9SZ
Received Not publishedOaks Primary School, Loppetts Road, Crawley, RH10 5DP
Received Not publishedThe Gattons Primary School, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Quarry, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedEdward Bryant Primary School, London Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1BG
Received Not publishedDownsbrook County Middle School, Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8GD
Received Not publishedNorthlands Wood County Primary School, Beech Hill, Haywards Heath, RH16 3RX
Received Not publishedNorth Heath Community Primary School, Erica Way, Horsham, RH12 5XL
Received Not publishedRecords 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 West Sussex County 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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