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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Theale Farm Quarry and Lower Broadbridge Farm, Slinfold Road, Slinfold, Horsham, RH12 3PJ
Received Not publishedShoreham Household Waste Recycling Centre, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RJ
Received Not publishedSlinfold CofE School, The Street, Slinfold, West Sussex RH13 0RR
Received Not publishedWestbourne Caravan Site, Cemetery Lane, Emsworth, PO10 8RZ
Received Not publishedBlackwell Primary School, Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
Received Not publishedPark Farm, Chichester Road, Selsey
Received Not publishedTangmere County Primary School, Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2JB
Received Not publishedAlbion Street Car Park, East of Victoria Road, Southwick, West Sussex
Received Not publishedVale First & Middle School, Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedLand at Railway Wharf, Quayside, Littlehampton, BN17 5SF
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7UW
Received Not publishedWashington Sand Pit, Hampers Lane, Sullington, Pulborough, RH20 4AF
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not published91 and 5 Canal Wharf, Chichester
Received Not publishedBright Star (Durrington Campus), The Blvd, Goring by Sea, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedShelley County Primary School, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3LU
Received Not publishedBiffa Waste Services Ltd, Brookhurst Wood Landfill Site Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedDurban House, Durban Road, Bognor Regis, PO22 9RE
Received Not publishedHorstead Keynes WTW, Cinder Hill Lane, Horstead Keynes, West Sussex, RH17 7BD
Received Not publishedBartons Primary School, Lethaby Road, Bersted, West Sussex, PO21 5EJ
Received Not publishedTemporary Construction Compound, Stumps Farm, Stumps Lane, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8QJ
Received Not publishedLangmead Farms, Chichester Food Park, Bognor Road, Chichester, PO20 1NW
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd., Nye Road, Burgess Hill.
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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