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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lancing Transfer Station, Unit 17, Chartwell Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, BN15 8TU
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedLangley Green Primary School, Stagelands, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7PF
Received Not publishedLaburnum Grove Junior School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, Tangmere, Chichester
Received Not publishedUnit 1 and 2, Forge Wood Industrial Estate, Crawley, RH10 9PG
Received Not publishedBlackwell Primary School, Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, The Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedArunside School, Blackbridge Lane, Horsham, RH12 1RR
Received Not publishedOur Lady Queen of Heaven Primary School, Hare Lane, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7PZ
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of Unit 2, Block 1, Chalex Industrial Estate, 214, Manor Hall Road, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4NH
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedBognor Road Distribution Depot, Bognor Road, Chichester, PO19 8NS
Received Not publishedLand at Hardriding Farm, Pease Pottage, Crawley, RH11 9AA
Received Not publishedBlackthorns County Primary School, 3 Blackthorns Close, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2UA
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedYouth and Community Centre, West Green Drive, West Green, Crawley RH11 7EL
Received Not publishedTheale Farm, Slinfold, Horsham, RH12 3PJ
Received Not publishedLand North of Clay Lane
Received Not publishedBurleys Wood Care Home, Furnace Drive, Crawley, RH10 6JE
Received Not publishedBognor Regis Community College, Westloats Gardens, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LG
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry, Thicket Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedWestbourne Primary School, River Street, Emsworth PO10 8TG
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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