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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Solent Wharf, Basin Road South, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Received Not publishedKilmarnock Farm, Charlwood Road, Ifield, RH11 0JY
Received Not publishedEast of Lyminster village and between Toddington Nurseries and A284 Lyminster Road, Lyminster, Littlehampton
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Junior & Infant School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RE
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity Primary School, Church Close, Lower Beeding, Horsham, RH13 6NS
Received Not publishedQueen Street Public Car Park, Queen Street, Worthing
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedWood Barn Farm, Adversane Lane, Broadford Bridge, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9ED
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedDurrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedEast Preston Infants School, Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Received Not publishedWestbourne Primary School, River Street, Emsworth, PO10 8TG
Received Not publishedLanghurstwood Quarry, Langhurstwood Quarry, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham
Received Not publishedKingston Railway Wharf (East), Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedSmall Dole Landfill Site, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedSouthwater Infant School, Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
Received Not publishedEast Preston Infants School, Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Received Not publishedSeaside Primary School, Freshbrook Road, Lancing, BN15 8DL
Received Not publishedOakmeeds Community College, Station Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
Received Not publishedLister Avenue, East Grinstead, RH19 4AZ
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas & St Mary C of E Primary School, Eastern Avenue, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PE
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT.
Received Not publishedLand south of Northbrook College, Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8HJ
Received Not publishedHangleton Nursery, Hangleton Lane, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 6PP
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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