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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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West Park Church of England Primary School, Marlborough Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 4HD
Received Not publishedThe Forest School, Comptons Lane, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedChesworth Junior School, Kings Road, Horsham, RH13 5DQ
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Eastergate and north-west of Barnham, PO22 0DF
Received Not publishedLidsey Wastewater Treatment Works, Shripney, Lidsey, PO22 9PH
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedVale School, 88 Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedSteyning Fire Station, High Street, Steyning, BN44 3BU
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedPound Hill County First School, Crawley Lane, , Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedAngells Sandpit, Washington Road, Storrington, Pulborough
Received Not publishedThe Flintstone Centre, East Street, Littlehampton, BN17 6AW
Received Not publishedBuckingham Park School, Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5UD
Received Not publishedWest Park Church of England Primary School, Marlborough Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 4HD
Received Not publishedHorstead Keynes WTW, Cinder Hill Lane, Horstead Keynes, West Sussex, RH17 7BD
Received Not publishedCissbury Lodge, The Boulevard, Durrington-on-Sea, Worthing BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedWinterpick Mushrooms Ltd, Albourne Road, Twineham, Haywards Heath, BN5 9BJ
Received Not publishedLyndhurst County First School, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedAngmering School Station Road, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Fire Station, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5NA
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket First School, Pelham Road, Worthing, BN13 1JB
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard, Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedEast of Lyminster village and between Toddington Nurseries and A284 Lyminster Road, Lyminster, Littlehampton
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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