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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Pagham Wastewater Treatment Works, Summer Lane, Pagham
Received Not publishedPalatine School Palatine Road, Worthing, BN12 6JP
Received Not publishedWestergate Community School, Lime Avenue, Westergate, Chichester, PO20 3UE
Received Not publishedThe Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedSt Mary and St Paul CE School, Tipper Lane, South Harting, Petersfield
Received Not publishedGeorgian Gardens Community Primary School, Guildford Road, Littlehampton BN16 3JJ.
Received Not publishedKingston Railway Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedWarden Park Primary Academy, New England Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3JS
Received Not publishedStorrington Library, Ryecroft Lane, Storrington, RH20 4PA
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Wastewater Treatments Works, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AL
Received Not publishedWisborough Green Primary School, Newpound Lane, West Sussex, RH14 0EE
Received Not publishedRudgwick Brickworks, Lynwick Street, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3DH
Received Not publishedRolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd, Stane Street, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO18 0SH
Received Not publishedSompting Village Primary School, White Styles Road, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0BU
Received Not publishedThe Angmering School, Station Rd, Angmering, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedStaplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES.
Received Not publishedSefter Farm, Pagham Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 3PX
Received Not publishedHolt Farm, Clapham near Worthing
Received Not publishedRiver Beach Primary School, York Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6EW
Received Not publishedWhite Meadows Primary School, Whitelea Road, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7JL
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Waste Recycling & Transfer Station, Stane Street, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO18 0NS
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, RH17 7HH
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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