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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Angmering School, Station Rd, Angmering, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedSeymour Primary School, Seymour Road, Crawley, RH11 9ES
Received Not publishedDavison C of E High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Received Not publishedThe Forest School, Comptons Lane, Horsham RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedSteyning Wastewater Treatment Works, Kings Barn Lane, Steyning
Received Not publishedHeadfoldswood Farm, Loxwood, Billingshurst
Received Not publishedVale School, Vale Avenue, Offington, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedFishbourne C of E Primary School, Roman Way, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO19 3JF
Received Not publishedChidham Lane, Chidham
Received Not publishedStaplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES.
Received Not publishedHolmbush Farm Recycling Site, Faygate
Received Not publishedSt Paul's Catholic College, Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8UZ
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Updown Hill, Haywards Heath, RH16 4GD
Received Not publishedGeorgian Gardens Community Primary School, Guildford Road, Littlehampton BN16 3JJ
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedChichester Railway Sidings, Cathedral Way, Chichester
Received Not publishedLower Stumble Hydrocarbon Exploration Site, London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JH
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Sewage Treatments Works, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AL
Received Not publishedSackville Community College, Lewes Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3TY
Received Not publishedEast Worthing Sludge Treatment Centre (STC), Worthing, BN11 2SA
Received Not publishedLand at Highwood Village, East of A24, Horsham, RH12 1GF
Received Not publishedSlinfold C of E Primary School, The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RR
Received Not publishedMillais School, Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
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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