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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Tanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedFaygate Landfill, Tower Road, Faygate
Received Not publishedBersted Green Primary School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedPound Hill Junior School, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedIfield Community College, Crawley Avenue, Crawley RH11 0DB
Received Not publishedMilton Mount Primary School, Grattons Drive, Crawley, RH10 3AG
Received Not publishedBewbush Middle School, Dorsten Place, Crawley
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedLand north of Nutbourne Business Centre, Main Road, Nutbourne, Chichester, PO18 8RL
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Comptons Lane, West Sussex, Horsham, RH13 5NW.
Received Not publishedHawthorns Primary School, Poplar Road, Worthing, BN13 3EZ
Received Not publishedLaburnum Grove Junior School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Glamis Street, Bognor Regis, PO21 1DU
Received Not publishedEast Wittering Community Primary School, Stocks Lane, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8NH
Received Not publishedConnaught County Junior School, York Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6EW
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Household Waste Recycling Site, Newbridge Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HZ
Received Not publishedShipley CofE Primary School, School Lane, Shipley, RH13 8PL
Received Not publishedDurrington Junior School, Salvington Road, Salvington, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedWinterpick Mushrooms Ltd, Hurstpierpoint Road, Twineham, Haywards Heath, BN5 9BJ
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Waste Recycling & Transfer Station, Stane Street, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO18 0NS
Received Not publishedChichester Library, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QJ
Received Not publishedSt John's Catholic Primary School, Blackbridge Lane, Horsham, RH12 1RR
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
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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