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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Durrington First School, Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedSeymour Primary School, Seymour Road, Crawley, RH11 9ES
Received Not publishedCornfield School, Cornfield Close, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 6HY
Received Not publishedUnit B, Arunside Industrial Estate, Fort Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7QU
Received Not publishedAshurst Wood County Primary School, School Lane, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, RH19 3QW
Received Not publishedTangmere Recycling Centre, Woodhorn Farm, Oving, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedPlot 17, Chartwell Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, BN15 8TZ
Received Not publishedG.W & G Bridges Vehicle Dismantlers, The Orchard, Brighton Road, Pease Pottage
Received Not published18 Teasel Close, Crawley, RH11 9DZ
Received Not publishedHomestall Farm, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Middle School, Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7PR
Received Not publishedThe Forest School Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedChantry Sand Pit, Chantry Lane, Storrington, W. Sussex
Received Not publishedHop Oast Civic Amenity Site, Hop Oast, Horsham, West Sussex
Received Not publishedTwineham C of E Primary School
Received Not publishedEast Grinstead Wastewater Treatment Works, Luxfords Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 4HL
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Gravel Pit, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedWarden Park School, Broad Street, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP
Received Not publishedStorrington County Primary School, Spierbridge Road, Storrington, RH20 4PG.
Received Not publishedTangmere Recycling Centre, Woodhorn Farm, Oving, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedBrook First School, Salterns Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7JE
Received Not publishedThe Forest School, Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedHyders Farm, Crawley, off Lowfield Heath Road, Sussex.
Received Not publishedCastlewood Primary School, Castlewood Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9US
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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