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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shoreham Fire Station, Stoney Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6LA
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedNyewood C of E Junior School, Brent Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 5NW
Received Not publishedFulling Mill Farmhouse, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TJ
Received Not publishedDurrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedBrick Cutting Shed, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedWorthing Household Waste Recycling Site, Dominion Way, Worthing, BN14 8NW
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Eastergate and north-west of Barnham, PO22 0DF
Received Not publishedSt Andrews C of E Primary School, Nuthurst Street, Nuthurst, Horsham, RH13 6LH
Received Not publishedThe Bourne Community College, Park Road, Southbourne, Emsworth
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedOrchard House, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedHenfield Library, High Street, Henfield
Received Not publishedLindfold Bridge, , Linfold Road, , Kirdford, Billingshurst
Received Not publishedWaterfield Primary School, Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 8RA
Received Not publishedThe Flintstone Centre, East Street, Littlehampton, BN17 6AW
Received Not publishedMANHOOD GRAIN STORE, BRIMFAST LANE, SIDLESHAM
Received Not publishedLand at Highwood Village, East of A24, Horsham, RH12 1GF
Received Not publishedSt Wilfrid's Roman Catholic (Aided) Primary School, Arundel Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4JR , ,
Received Not publishedShoreham
Received Not publishedWest Park C of E Controlled First & Middle School, Marlborough Road, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4HD
Received Not publishedCissbury Lodge, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 2QQ
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, The Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedLand south of Cheals Roundabout, Crawley, RH11 9DW
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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