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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Arundel Road, Angmering, Littlehampton BN16 4JR
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, , PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedJolesfield Controlled Primary School, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham
Received Not publishedNew Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedLand south of Northbrook College, Broadwater Road, Worthing, BN14 8HJ
Received Not publishedWindmill Landfill Site, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 3DA
Received Not publishedEartham Sand and Gravel Pit, Eartham, Chichester, PO18 0LL
Received Not publishedThornham Wastewater Treatment Works, Thorney Road, Chichester
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedVale School, Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedNorth-East Houghton
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Wharf, Quayside, Littlehampton, BN17 5DN
Received Not publishedStaplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6ES
Received Not publishedRoffey Youth Club, Godwin Way, Horsham, RH13 6SQ
Received Not publishedAldingbourne Primary School, Westergate, West Sussex, Westsergate, PO20 3QR
Received Not publishedOak Grove College, The Boulevard, Worthing BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Civil Amenity Site, Coach Road (North), Westhampnett, West Sussex, PO18 0NS
Received Not publishedColgate Primary School, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Received Not publishedLidsey Landfill, Lidsey Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9PL
Received Not publishedSt Catherines Catholic Primary School, Highdown Drive, Littlehampton, BN17 6HL
Received Not publishedHeyworth Primary School, New England Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3JR
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA
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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