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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Rowans Day Centre, Steeple View, Worthing, BN13 1RP.
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedLand west of Brookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedRivington Farm, Antlands Lane, Shipley Bridge, Horley, RH6 9SR
Received Not publishedLand at Wicks Farm, Ford Lane, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0DF
Received Not publishedSouthwater Infant School, Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Quarry, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedPound Hill Sewage Treatment Works, Radford Road, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 3NW
Received Not publishedUnit 9, Polthooks Farm, Clay Lane, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO18 8AH
Received Not publishedRose Green Junior School, Raleigh Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 3NA
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity Primary School, Church Close, Lower Beeding, Horsham, RH13 6NS
Received Not publishedSt Margaret’s C Of E School, Arundel Road, Angmering, BN164LP
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd, Nye Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0LZ
Received Not publishedWarnham Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4ZL
Received Not publishedWicks Farm, Ford Lane, Arundel, BN18 0DQ
Received Not publishedVale First & Middle School, Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedBurleigh Oaks Farm Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Centre, Turners Hill
Received Not publishedBiffa Waste Management Ltd, 41 Chartwell Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing BN15 8TU
Received Not publishedFormer highway sub-depot, land adjacent to A23 Crawley By-Pass, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedWicks Farm, Ford Lane, Arundel, BN18 0DQ
Received Not publishedBritaniacrest Recycling Ltd, Washington Sand Pit, Hampers Lane, Storrington, Pulborough, RH20 4AF
Received Not publishedBoundstone Community College, 44, Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 9QZ
Received Not publishedCar park off Marine Drive, West Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8HE
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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