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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Palatine School, Palatine Road, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 6JP
Received Not publishedLand to the south of the A27 adjacent to Cutmill, Chidham
Received Not publishedSouth East Corner, Tangmere Airfield, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedLidsey Landfill, Lidsey Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9PL
Received Not publishedRudgwick Primary School, Tates Way, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3HW
Received Not publishedEast Wittering Community Primary School, Stocks Lane, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8NH
Received Not publishedFormer Wealden Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedSlinfold C of E Primary School, The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RR
Received Not publishedSouthway Junior School, Southway, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9SU
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard (Cemex Site), Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedCemex Brighton, Wellington Road, Portslade BN41 1DN
Received Not publishedBrook First School, Salterns Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7JE
Received Not publishedWood Barn Farm, Adversane Lane, Broadford Bridge, Billingshurst, RH14 9ED
Received Not publishedPound Hill Junior School, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedBlackwell Primary School, Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
Received Not publishedManhood Community College, School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 9EH
Received Not publishedBarnham Primary School, Elm Grove, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0HW
Received Not publishedHorsham Wastewater Treatment Works, Southwater Bypass, Horsham, RH12 3UB
Received Not publishedLongfield EPH, Arun Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9LX
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Gravel Pit, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 2DT
Received Not publishedShelley Primary School, Wickhurst Lane, Horsham, RH12 3LU
Received Not publishedInternational Park, Priestley Way, Manor Road Industrial Estate, Crawley, RH10 9NT
Received Not publishedMaidenbower Catholic Middle School, land adjacent to Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
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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