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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Palatine School Palatine Road, Worthing, BN12 6JP
Received Not publishedLand at Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
Received Not publishedCemex Brighton, Wellington Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DN
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Academy, Hill Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6DQ
Received Not publishedKingston Buci First School, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PJ
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Infant School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RE
Received Not publishedWinterpick Mushrooms Ltd, Hurstpierpoint Road, Twineham, Haywards Heath, BN5 9BJ
Received Not publishedAlbourne Primary School, The Street, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DH,
Received Not publishedPound Hill Junior School, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedEast Worthing Wastewater Treatment Works, Western Road, East Worthing, BN15 8SB
Received Not publishedNorthwood Farm, Burndell Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0HR
Received Not publishedLyndhurst Infant School, Lyndhurst Road, Selden, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedThe Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedManor Green Primary School, Lady Margaret Road, Ifield, West Sussex, RH11 ODX
Received Not publishedScaynes Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, Sloop Lane, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7NP
Received Not publishedRudgwick Primary School, Tates Way, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3HW
Received Not publishedWaterfield Primary School, Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 8RA
Received Not publishedCrawley Sewage Treatment Works, Radford Road, Tinsley Green, Crawley, RH10 3NW
Received Not publishedWilliam Penn Primary School, Brooks Green Road, Coolham, Horsham, RH13 8GR
Received Not publishedLand west of the Lavant Branch Railway Line, off Plainwood Close, Summersdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedFishbourne C of E Primary School, Roman Way, Chichester PO19 3QS
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedWastewater Treatment Works, Appledram Lane South, Chichester, PO20 7PE
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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