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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Laurels, Sheep Fold Avenue, Rustington, BN16 3SQ
Received Not publishedSteyning Grammar Upper School, Shooting Field, Steyning, BN44 3RX
Received Not publishedCleansing Service Group Ltd, c/o Southern Water Services, Goddards Green STC, Cuckfield Road, Goddards Green, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AL
Received Not publishedSompting Village Primary School, White Styles Road, Sompting, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 0BU
Received Not publishedEastergate CofE Primary School, Church Lane, Eastergate, Chichester, PO20 3UT
Received Not publishedMilton Mount Primary School, Grattons Drive, Crawley, RH10 3AG
Received Not publishedLaburnum Grove Junior School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedBirchwood Grove Community Primary School, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Household Waste Recycling Site, Newbridge Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HZ
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedLower Stumble Hydrocarbon Exploration Site, London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JH
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Aerodrome, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedBritaniacrest Recycling Ltd, Washington Sand Pit, Hampers Lane, Storrington, Pulborough, RH20 4AF
Received Not publishedThomas Bennett Community College, Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5AD
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Wharf, Quayside, Littlehampton, BN17 5DN
Received Not publishedLand to the west of Old Place Lane and Old Place House and east of River Lavant near Madgwick Lane, Chichester
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket First School, Pelham Road, Worthing, BN13 1JB
Received Not publishedRose Green Infant School, Hawkins Close, Bognor Regis, PO21 3LW
Received Not publishedThe Rowans Day Centre, Steeple View, Tarring, Worthing, BN13 1RP
Received Not publishedBirchwood Grove Community Primary School, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Glamis Street, Bognor Regis, PO21 1DU
Received Not publishedLand south of and adjacent to A27 at Church Farm, Tangmere
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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