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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ferring C of E Primary School, Sea Lane, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5DU
Received Not publishedUnit 6, Chartwell Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, BN15 8UQ
Received Not publishedOriel High School, Maidenbower Lane, Crawley, RH10 7XW
Received Not publishedLand at Five Oaks Farm , Haven Road, Slinfold
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedRose Green Infant School, Hawkins Close, Bognor Regis, PO21 3LW
Received Not publishedScaynes Hill Waste Water Treatment Works, Sloop Lane, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 7NP
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedKINGSTON WHARF, BRIGHTON ROAD, SHOREHAM BY SEA
Received Not publishedWorth Annexe, Turners Hill Road, Pound Hill, West Sussex, Crawley, RH10 7RW
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedLaburnum Grove Junior School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedWhite Meadows Primary School, Whitelea Road, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7JL
Received Not publishedShelley Primary School, Wickhurst Lane, Horsham, RH12 3LU
Received Not publishedLidsey Landfill, Lidsey Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9PL
Received Not publishedAshurst Wood County Primary School, School Lane, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, RH19 3QW
Received Not publishedWorthing Household Waste Recycling Site, Willowbrook Road, Worthing, BN14 8NA
Received Not publishedNew Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedSt Paul's Catholic College, Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Received Not publishedDurrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedLand at Wicks Farm, Ford Lane, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0DF
Received Not publishedBolnore Village Primary School, Updown Hill, Haywards Heath, RH16 4GD
Received Not publishedGeorgian Gardens Community Primary School, Guildford Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3JJ
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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