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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Summer Lane Wastewater Treatment Works, Summer Lane, Pagham, Bognor Regis, PO21 4NG
Received Not publishedGW & G Bridges Ltd, The Orchard, Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, Crawley
Received Not publishedUnit D8, Rudford Industrial Estate, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0BD
Received Not publishedSeal County Primary School, East Street, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0BN
Received Not publishedEdburton Contractors Ltd, Former Hurstpierpoint Sewage Treatment Works, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9LL
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Middle School, Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7PR
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedOathall Community College, Appledore Gardens, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ
Received Not publishedTurners Hill CE Primary School, Church Road, Turners Hill, West Sussex, RH10 4PA
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedManor Green College, Lady Margaret Road, Crawley RH11 0DX
Received Not publishedLand at Crawley Goods Yard, Brett, Gatwick Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedHandcross Primary School, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HB
Received Not publishedGreat Strudgates Farm, Paddockhurst Lane, Balcombe, West Sussex.
Received Not publishedWest Sussex County Council Drayton Depot
Received Not publishedHambrook Gravel Pits, Common Road, Hambrook, Chichester
Received Not publishedLand within the curtilage of Nuffield Hospital and the adjacent Broyle Road - Chichester Nuffield Hospital, Broyle road, Chichester PO19 6WB
Received Not publishedSite of former Hurstpierpoint Sewage Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9LL
Received Not publishedSummerlea Community Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
Received Not publishedRose Green Junior School, Raleigh Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 3NA
Received Not publishedJolesfield CofE Primary School, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham RH13 8JJ
Received Not publishedDurrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedLand to the north of CDEW Screening Site, Thistleworth Farm, Grinders Lane, Dial Post, West Sussex RH13 8NR
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead
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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