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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Elm Grove Infant School, Elm Grove Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6AH
Received Not publishedVale School, Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedNorthgate County Middle School, Barnfield Road, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 8DP
Received Not publishedWastewater Treatment Works, Emms Lane, Barns Green, Horsham, RH13 0QQ
Received Not publishedOrchard Lodge, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield, RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedBoundstone Nursery, Upper Boundstone Lane, Lancing, BN15 9QX
Received Not publishedLidsey Wastewater Treatment Works, off A29, Lidsey
Received Not publishedSwanbourne Lake and land between Offham and South Stoke
Received Not publishedStorrington First School, Spierbridge Road, Storrington, Pulborough, RH20 4PE
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedPound Hill Middle School, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedThe Laurels County First School, Winterbourne Way, Worthing, BN13 3QH
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedSt Anthony’s School, Woodlands Lane, West Sussex, PO195PA
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedFormer Wealden Brickworks (Site HB), Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedEast Preston Infants School, Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Received Not publishedSefter Farm, Pagham Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 3PX
Received Not publishedCroft Meadow, Elm Grove Lane, Steyning, BN44 3RJ
Received Not publishedElizabeth House, Victoria Drive, Bognor Regis, PO21 2TB
Received Not publishedSteyning C of E Primary School, Shooting Field, Steyning BN44 3RQ
Received Not publishedLand at Eartham near Chichester
Received Not publishedBourne Community College, Park Road, Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
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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