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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Swiss Gardens Primary School, Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WH
Received Not publishedWastewater Treatment Works, Appledram Lane South, Chichester, PO20 7PE
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedThorney Island Community Primary School, Emsworth Road, Thorney Island, Emsworth, PO10 8DJ
Received Not publishedWestbourne Primary School, River Street, Emsworth, PO10 8TG
Received Not publishedCatherington School, Martyrs Avenue, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7SF
Received Not publishedElm Grove First School, Elm Grove, Worthing, BN11 5LQ
Received Not publishedSheriff House, Hammingden Lane, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6SR
Received Not publishedEast of Lyminster village and between Toddington Nurseries and A284 Lyminster Road, Lyminster, Littlehampton
Received Not publishedNew Circular Technology Park (former Ford Blockworks), Ford Airfield Industrial Estate, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedTangmere Primary School, Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2JB
Received Not publishedRivington Farm, Antlands Lane, Shipley Bridge, Horley, RH6 9SR
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedLand west of Lavant Branch Railway Line, off Plainwood Close, Summersdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Angmering Village between the Old Worthing Road Roundabout to the south and Water Lane to the north
Received Not publishedWastewater Treatment Works, Appledram Lane South, Chichester, PO20 7PE
Received Not publishedWashington Sand Pit, Hampers Lane, Sullington, West Sussex, RH20 3EX
Received Not publishedRecord Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DD
Received Not publishedArundel Church of England Primary School, Jarvis Road, Arundel, BN18 9HT
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, West Sussex, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedWisborough Green County Primary School, Newpound Lane, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, RH14 0EE
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Sewage Treatment Works, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AL
Received Not publishedMasons Yard, Quarry Lane, Chichester
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
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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