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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Millais School, Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
Received Not publishedRose Green Junior School, Raleigh Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 3NA
Received Not publishedKingston Railway Wharf (West), Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedHazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedSt Paul's Catholic College, Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd, Nye Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0LZ
Received Not publishedWorth Annexe, Turners Hill Road, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7RW
Received Not publishedLaybrook Brickworks Quarry, Goose Green Lane, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 2LW
Received Not publishedOunces Barn Livery, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0NP
Received Not publishedThe existing Maidenbower First School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower Drive, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Received Not publishedLand at Broadbridge Farm, London Road, Ashington, Pulborough, RH20 3DD
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedPond Field, Home Farm, Warninglid Road, Staplefield, Haywards Heath
Received Not publishedMill Lane, Littlehampton
Received Not publishedLand at Hardriding Farm, Pease Pottage, Crawley, RH11 9AA
Received Not publishedGlebelands Day Care Centre, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6GA.
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd., Nye Road, Burgess Hill.
Received Not publishedChichester High School for Girls, Kingsham Road, Chichester, PO19 8EB
Received Not publishedBuckingham Park Primary School, Buckingham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea BN45 5UD
Received Not publishedKINGSTON RAILWAY WHARF, BRIGHTON ROAD, SHOEHAM BY SEA
Received Not publishedChalcroft Nurseries & Garden Centre, Chalcraft Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5TS
Received Not publishedBlackwell Primary School, Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
Received Not publishedOur Lady Queen of Heaven Primary School, Hare Lane, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7PZ
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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