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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Shelley Catholic Primary School, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JU
Received Not publishedLand west of High Street, Crawley
Received Not publishedSt Marys C of E Primary School, Brookpit Lane, Climping, Littlehampton, BN17 5QU
Received Not publishedThe Orchards Middle School, Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
Received Not publishedSt Wilfrids Catholic Primary School, Arundel Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4JR
Received Not publishedFelpham Downview CP School, Wroxham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis, PO22 8ER
Received Not publishedManor Green Primary School, Lady Margaret Road, Crawley, RH11 0DU
Received Not publishedWastewater Pumping Station, Sunte Close, Haywards Heath, RH16 1QT
Received Not publishedThe Flintstone Centre, East Street, Littlehampton, BN17 6AW
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard, Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedRock Common, Sandpit, Washington
Received Not publishedLand south of Cheals Roundabout, Crawley, RH11 9DW
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedScaynes Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, Sloop Lane, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7NP
Received Not publishedSt. Peters C Of E Primary School, Holmans, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6UQ
Received Not publishedMary Woolven Youth Club, Main Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0ET
Received Not publishedT J Waste, Burndell Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0HR
Received Not publishedThakeham First School, The Street, Thakeham, Pulborough, RH20 3EP
Received Not publishedSt Anthony's School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 5PA
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity Primary School, Church Close, Lower Beeding, Horsham, RH13 6NS
Received Not publishedSolent Wharf, Basin Road South, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1WF
Received Not publishedLeechpool Primary School, Leechpool Lane, Horsham, RH13 6AG
Received Not publishedThe Forest School Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
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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