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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Nos. 15, 19 & 49 Maltravers Street, Arundel
Received Not publishedLand west of the Lavant Branch Railway Line, Plainwood Lane, Summersdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedSt Anthony's School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, PO19 5PA
Received Not publishedAbbotswood & The Rustington Centre, Station Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3BJ
Received Not publishedHolbrook Primary School, Holbrook School Lane, Horsham, RH12 5PP
Received Not publishedModern Moulds Business Centre, Unit A1 – A3, Harwood Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 7AU
Received Not publishedHambrook Gravel Pits, Common Road, Hambrook, Chichester, PO18 8UP
Received Not publishedPaddockhurst Quarry, Paddockhurst Lane, Balcombe, West Sussex
Received Not publishedYouth and Community Centre, West Green Drive, West Green, Crawley RH11 7EL
Received Not publishedRock Common Quarry, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 3DA
Received Not publishedSouth East Corner, Tangmere Airfield, Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedYapton C of E School, North End Road, Arundel, BN18 0DU
Received Not publishedDuncton Quarry
Received Not publishedNorthlands Wood County Primary School, Beech Hill, Haywards Heath, RH16 3RX
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Infant School, Pelham Road, Worthing, BN13 1JB
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
Received Not publishedFishbourne C of E Primary School, Roman Way, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO19 3JF
Received Not publishedGlebe Primary School, Church Lane, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4GB
Received Not publishedDavison C of E High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
Received Not publishedChesworth Junior School, Kings Road, Horsham, RH13 5DQ
Received Not publishedThe Laurels Day Centre, Sheep Fold Avenue, Rustington, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN16 3SQ
Received Not publishedChichester Nursery School and Children's Centre, St James Road, Chichester, PO19 7AB
Received Not publishedLand west of London Road, Hassocks
Received Not publishedLindfield Primary School, School Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2DX
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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