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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pallinghurst Woods, Loxwood Road, Loxwood, West Sussex RH14 0RW
Received Not publishedIfield Community College, Crawley Avenue, Crawley, RH11 0DB
Received Not publishedCrawley Household Waste Recycling Site and Transfer Station, Metcalf Way, Crawley, RH11 7XN
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Received Not publishedTwineham C of E Primary School, Church Lane, Twineham, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NR
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedWoodbarn Farm, Adversane Lane, Broadford Bridge, Billingshurst, RH14 9ED
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedLand at Crawley Goods Yard, Brett, Gatwick Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedHolbrook Primary School, Holbrook School Lane, Horsham, RH12 5PP
Received Not publishedWestergate Community School, Lime Avenue, Westergate, Chichester, PO20 3UE
Received Not publishedRock Common Quarry, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 3DA
Received Not publishedLidsey Oilfield, Lidsey Road, Bognor Regis
Received Not publishedLoxwood Wastewater Treatment Works, Brewhurst Lane, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0RJ
Received Not publishedStaplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES
Received Not publishedWorthing Household Waste Recycling Site, Willowbrook Road, Worthing, BN14 8NA
Received Not publishedArun Leisure Centre, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8ED
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
Received Not publishedEvergreen Farm Landfill Site, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead
Received Not publishedLand west of Lavant Branch Railway Line, Plainwood Close, Summersdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedSt Augustine’s Primary School, Vicarage Lane, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 7PB
Received Not publishedLand at Bosham Hoe, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8EU
Received Not publishedBuchan Country Park, Horsham Road, Crawley, RH11 9HQ
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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