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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Academy, School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 9EH
Received Not publishedCrouchland Farm, Rickmans Lane, Plaistow, Billingshurst, RH14 0LE
Received Not publishedCousins Copse Caravan Site, The Haven, Billingshurst, RH14 9BZ
Received Not publishedMaidenbower Junior School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Received Not publishedStumbleholme Farm, Rusper Road, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0LQ
Received Not publishedTaylors Lane Pumping Station, Stumps Lane, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8QJ
Received Not publishedCrawley Sewage Treatment Works, Radford Road, Tinsley Green, Crawley, RH10 3NW
Received Not publishedEastbrook Primary School, Gardner Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1PN
Received Not publishedTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedStorrington Primary School, Spierbridge Road, Storrington, RH20 4PG
Received Not publishedDeerswood Lower School, Rusper Road, Crawley, RH11 0HL
Received Not publishedLand off Lower Barn Farm, Rusper Road, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0LL
Received Not publishedLidsey Wastewater Treatment Works, Lidsey Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9PL
Received Not publishedSlinfold Park Golf and Country Club, Stane Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RE
Received Not publishedElbridge Farm, Chichester Road, Bersted, PO21 5EF
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedThe Vinery, Arundel Road, Poling, Arundel, BN18 9PY
Received Not publishedDurrington Infant and Junior Schools, 81a, Salvington Road, Salvington, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedSteyning Grammar School, Shooting Field, Steyning, BN44 3LB
Received Not publishedNew Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedJunction of A259, B2233 (Yapton Road) and Climping Street (X)499779 (Y)101705
Received Not publishedHomefield Primary School, Chesswood Road, Worthing, BN11 2AA.
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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