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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Faygate Closed Landfill Site, Tower Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH12 4SX
Received Not publishedHolmbush Farm, Crawley Road, Faygate
Received Not publishedRock Common Sandpit, Washington
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Pupil Referral Unit, Fletcher Place, North Mundham, Chichester
Received Not publishedHandcross Primary School, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HB
Received Not publishedYapton C of E School, North End Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0DU
Received Not publishedAshington, West Grinstead, Shipley & Southwater, Horsham
Received Not publishedHolbrook County Primary School, Holbrook School Lane, RH12 5PP
Received Not publishedWick Farm, Truslers Hill Lane, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DU
Received Not publishedBalcombe Wastewater Treatment Works, London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JN
Received Not publishedLand west of Lavant Branch Railway Line, Plainwood Close, Summerdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedKings Manor Community College, Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YT
Received Not publishedMilton Mount First and Middle School, Grattons Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 3AG
Received Not publishedFishbourne C of E Primary School, Roman Way, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO19 3JF
Received Not publishedCrawley Down Village C of E Primary School, Hophurst Drive, Crawley Down, Crawley, RH10 4XA
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, West Sussex, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedNorth Heath Community Primary School, Erica Way, Horsham, RH12 5XL
Received Not publishedFord Materials Recycling Centre, Ford Road, Ford, West Sussex, BN18 0FL
Received Not publishedSlinfold C of E Primary School, The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RR
Received Not publishedPark Farm Cottage, Broxmead Lane, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5RJ
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Warnham Brickworks, Langhurst Wood Road, Horsham, West Sussex
Received Not publishedKerry Hill Care Home, 1, Sheepfold Avenue, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SQ
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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