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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Barnham Primary School, Elm Grove, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0HW
Received Not publishedPlaistow and Kirdford County Primary School, Loxwood Road, Plaistow, Billingshurst, RH14 0PX
Received Not publishedLaybrook Brickworks Quarry, Goose Green Lane, Goose Green, Pulborough, RH20 2LW
Received Not publishedBishop Tufnell CE (Aided) Junior School, Pennyfields, Bognor Regis, PO22 6BN
Received Not publishedSandgate Park, Water Lane, Storrington, Pulborough, RH20 3LY
Received Not publishedT J Waste Burndell Road, Arundel, BN18 0HR
Received Not publishedEast Wittering Community School, 12, Wittering Walk, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8RR
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd, Nye Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0JY
Received Not publishedWest Wittering Parochial School, Pound Road, West Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8AJ
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By-pass
Received Not published28 Ifield Road, West Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedSompting Village Primary School, White Styles Road, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0BU
Received Not publishedBognor Regis Community College, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis
Received Not publishedFormer Jessie Younghusband School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, PO19 5PA
Received Not publishedSeymour Primary School, Seymour Road, Crawley, RH11 9ES
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedThe Vinery, Arundel Road, Poling, Arundel, BN18 9PY
Received Not publishedDay Aggregates, British Rail New Yard, Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 2RE
Received Not publishedTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Eastergate and north-west of Barnham, PO22 0DF
Received Not publishedFirsland Park Estate, Henfield Road, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9JJ
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry, Thicket Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedIfield Community College, Crawley Avenue, Crawley, RH11 0DB
Received Not publishedBoundstone Community College, 44, Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 9QZ
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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