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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Peters Church, Gardner Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN1 4GU
Received Not publishedRustington Community Primary School, North Lane, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3PW
Received Not publishedAngmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedSir Robert Woodard Academy, 44, Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 9QZ
Received Not publishedSouthgate County First School, Barrington Road, Southgate, Crawley, RH10 6DG
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Barnham Lane, Walberton, Arundel, BN18 0AX
Received Not publishedSouthwater Junior School, Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
Received Not publishedUnit 9, Polthooks Farm, Clay Lane, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO18 8AH
Received Not publishedWilliam Penn Primary School, Brooks Green Road, Coolham, Horsham, RH13 8GR
Received Not publishedLaburnum Grove Junior School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedFormer Wealden Brickworks (Site HB), Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedParish Lane, Pease Pottage
Received Not publishedDesmond Anderson School, Anderson Road, Crawley, RH10 5EA
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Received Not publishedHook Quarry, Hook Lane, West Hoathly, for Philpots Quarry Limited
Received Not publishedTangmere Primary School, Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2JB
Received Not publishedBognor Regis Community College, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LH
Received Not publishedtest location
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedNew Circular Technology Park (former Ford Blockworks), Ford Airfield Industrial Estate, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedWoodbarn Farm Cottage, Adversane Lane, West Sussex, Broadford Bridge, RH14 9ED.
Received Not publishedWorthing Household Waste Recycling Site, Ham Bridge Trading Estate, Willowbrook Road, Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 8NA
Received Not publishedSt Anthony's School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, PO19 5PA
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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