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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ashington C of E Primary School, Foster Lane, Ashington, Pulborough, RH20 3PG
Received Not publishedYard 1, Angmering Station
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedHooklands Farmhouse, London Road, Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3AT
Received Not publishedFormer Wealden Brickworks (Site HB), Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedBuckingham Park Primary School, Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5UD
Received Not publishedLand west of the Lavant Branch Railway Line, off Plainwood Close, Summersdale, Chichester,
Received Not publishedStaplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, The Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedTangmere Primary School, Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2JB
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry, Thicket Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedWindmill Quarry Landfill Site, Washington
Received Not publishedDean House Farm, cuckfield Road, Goddards Green
Received Not publishedRusper Primary School, Horsham Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
Received Not publishedBroadfield East First and Middle School, Vulcan Close, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not publishedWest Sussex County Council, Northleigh House, County Hall, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedLower Stumble Hydrocarbon Exploration Site, London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JH
Received Not publishedNewick House School, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedLand west of A29 Stane Street and 500m west of Five Oaks, Billingshurst
Received Not publishedPark Farm Cottage, Broxmead Lane, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5RJ
Received Not published20-38, 48-58 and 51-81 Maltravers Street, Arundel
Received Not publishedRudgwick Brickworks, Lynwick Street, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3DH
Received Not publishedBaldwins Hill Primary School, Lowdells Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2AP
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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