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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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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West Hoathly Wastewater Treatment Works, New Coombe Farm, Station Road, Sharpthorne, East Grinstead, RH19 4PG
Received Not publishedPlot 17, Chartwell Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, BN15 8TZ
Received Not publishedWest Wittering Parochial C of E School, Pound Road, West Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8AJ
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Burgess Hill
Received Not publishedGlebelands Day Care Centre, Middle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6GA
Received Not publishedLand at Bognor Regis Community College, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LH
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, West Sussex, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedNew Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-By-Sea BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedSelsey Fire Station, High Street, Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 0QJ
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT
Received Not publishedLondon Meed Community Primary School, Chanctonbury Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9YQ
Received Not publishedLangley Green Primary School, Stagelands, Langley Green, West Sussex, Crawley, RH11 7PF
Received Not publishedMechanical And Biological Treatment South Of Broockhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurst Wood Road, West Sussex, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedViridor Waste Management Ltd, 41 Chartwell Road, Lancing, BN15 8TU
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HH
Received Not publishedSouthgate Primary School, Barrington Road, Southgate, Crawley, RH10 6DG
Received Not publishedThe Windmills Junior School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LS
Received Not publishedEvergreen Farm Landfill Site, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead
Received Not publishedRetaining wall outside nos. 18 to 36 Maltravers Street, Arundel
Received Not publishedRailway cutting to the rear of Unit 6, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HG
Received Not publishedDownsbrook County Middle School, Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8GD
Received Not publishedSt Marys C of E Primary School, Brookpit Lane, Climping, Littlehampton, BN17 5QU
Received Not publishedPalatine School, Palatine Road, Goring-By-Sea, Worthing, BN12 6JP
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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