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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Received Not publishedHandcross Primary School, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HB
Received Not publishedOathall Community College, Appledore Gardens, Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ.
Received Not publishedWickbourne County Infants School, Whitelea Road, Littlehampton
Received Not publishedLand at Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Middle School, Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7PR
Received Not publishedEast Preston Infants School, Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Received Not publishedWest Green Primary School, West Green Drive, Crawley, RH11 7EL
Received Not publishedMobile Civic Amenity Site, Beach Car and Boat Park, Beach Road, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0EP
Received Not publishedRecreation ground north of Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HY
Received Not publishedDrayton Highways Depot, Drayton Lane, Drayton, Chichester, PO20 2BZ
Received Not publishedMilton Mount Primary School, Grattons Drive, Crawley, , RH10 3AG
Received Not publishedOriel High School, Maidenbower Lane, Maidenbower, Crawley RH10 7XW
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Warnham Brickworks Langhurstwood Road, Horsham
Received Not publishedChichester High School for Boys, Kingsham Road, Chichester, PO19 8AE
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of Unit 2, Winston Business Centre, 43, Chartwell Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, BN15 8TU
Received Not publishedNorth Lodge, County Hall, West Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1RG
Received Not publishedT J Waste, Burndell Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0HR
Received Not publishedLidsey Oilfield, Lidsey Road, Bognor Regis
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry, Thicket Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedHambrook Marlpit, Marlpit Lane, Hambrook, Chichester, PO18 8UL
Received Not publishedBurlands Farm, Charlwood Road, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0JZ
Received Not publishedMillais School, Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
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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