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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Headquarters, Northgate, Chichester, PO19 1BD
Received Not publishedSackville School, Lewes Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3TY
Received Not publishedRock Common Quarry, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 3DA
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket First School, Pelham Road, Worthing, BN13 1JB
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedCrawley Fire Station, Ifield Avenue, Crawley, RH11 7AJ
Received Not publishedConnaught County Junior School, York Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6EW
Received Not publishedWorthing Household Waste Recycling Site Willowbrook Road, Worthing, BN14 8NA
Received Not publishedArundel Courthouse, Maltravers Street, Arundel, BN18 9AP
Received Not publishedFormer Eastbrook First School, Manor Hall Road, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4NF
Received Not publishedWSCC - Highway Network Services, Drayton Lane, Drayton, Chichester, PO20 2AJ
Received Not publishedOrchard Lodge, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Wharf, Quayside, Littlehampton, BN17 5DN
Received Not publishedRock Common Quarry, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 3DA.
Received Not publishedRock Common Quarry, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 3DA.
Received Not publishedSmall Dole Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedEast Grinstead Library, 32-40 West Street, East Grinstead, RH19 4SR
Received Not publishedDurrington Middle School, Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedChesworth Junior School, Kings Road, Horsham, RH13 5DQ
Received Not publishedIfield First & Middle School & Lower Deerswood School, Ifield Drive & Rusper Road, Crawley
Received Not publishedPark Farm Cottage, Broxmead Lane, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5RJ
Received Not publishedland at Eastlands, Lewes Road, Scaynes Hill
Received Not publishedUpper Beeding Primary School School Road, Steyning, BN44 3HY
Received Not publishedMillais School, Depot Road, Horsham RH13 5HR
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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