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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Portfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedThe Littlehampton Community School, Hill Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6DQ
Received Not publishedThorney Island Community Primary School, Emsworth Road, West Thorney, PO10 8DJ
Received Not publishedPound Hill Junior and Infant Schools Campus, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 3DG
Received Not publishedThe Pines, Faraday Close, Northbrook, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 3RB
Received Not publishedCutmill, Chidham (OS no. SU7905, parcel 6719)
Received Not publishedSouth Coast Skips Ltd, Units 9 & 10, Hangar 3, Rudford Industrial Estate, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0BD
Received Not publishedHomefield Primary Lower School, 179A, Lyndhurst Road, Selden, Worthing, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry Chichester By-pass.
Received Not publishedBalcombe Road Storm Tank, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1UY
Received Not publishedElbridge Farm, Chichester Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 5EF
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedBiffa West Sussex, Langhurst Wood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Received Not publishedRampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Onshore transmission works – Climping to Bolney.
Received Not published40 Teasel Close, Crawley, RH11 9DZ
Received Not publishedShoreham Harbour Footbridge, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5ZE
Received Not publishedWest Green Primary School, West Green Drive, Crawley, RH11 7EL
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedEast Wittering County Primary School, Stocks Lane, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8NH
Received Not publishedT J Waste Burndell Road, Arundel, BN18 0HR
Received Not publishedTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedWindmill Landfill, The Hollow, Rock Road, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 3DA
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Household Waste Recycling Site, Newbridge Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HZ
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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