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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Scaynes Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, Sloop Lane, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7NP
Received Not publishedSouthgate Primary School, Barrington Road, Southgate, Crawley, RH10 6DG
Received Not publishedDurrington Middle School, Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedSouthgate County Middle School, Barrington Road, Southgate, Crawley, RH10 6DG
Received Not publishedThistleworth Farm Cottage, Dial Post, Horsham, RH13 8NY
Received Not publishedHaywards Heath Fire Station, Mill Green Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1XQ
Received Not publishedRailway cutting to the rear of Unit 6, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HG
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, West Sussex, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedHM Ford Prison, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0BX
Received Not publishedNorthgate County Middle School, Barnfield Road, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 2DP
Received Not publishedBurleigh Oaks Farm Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Centre, Turners Hill
Received Not publishedHerons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Crescent, Shoreham-By-Sea, BN43 6TN
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas & St Mary C of E Primary School, Eastern Avenue, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PE
Received Not publishedShipley C of E Primary School, School Lane, Shipley, Horsham, RH13 8PL
Received Not publishedMaidenbower Junior School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Received Not publishedSeal Primary School, East Street, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0BN
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd., Nye Road, Burgess Hill.
Received Not publishedEastbrook Primary School, Gardner Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1PN
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedHorsham Wastewater Treatment Works, Southwater Bypass, Horsham, RH12 3UB
Received Not publishedCopthorne Junior School, Church Road, Copthorne, Crawley, RH10 3RD
Received Not publishedThree Bridges Junior School, Gales Drive, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1PD
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedSwiss Gardens Primary School, Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WH
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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