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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dudmans Aggregates Limited, Valdoe Quarry, New Road, Westhampnett, West Sussex
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity Primary School, Church Close, Lower Beeding, Horsham, RH13 6NS
Received Not publishedMarle Place Adult Education Centre, Leyland Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 8HZ
Received Not publishedEastergate CofE Primary School, Church Lane, Eastergate, Chichester, PO20 3UT
Received Not publishedLand at Kingsham, Chichester, PO19 8XH
Received Not publishedBurlands Farm, Charlwood Road, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0JZ
Received Not publishedEastlands, Lewes Road, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7NB
Received Not publishedHeron Way Primary School, Heron Way, Horsham, RH13 6DJ
Received Not publishedSummerlea Community Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
Received Not publishedThe Laurels County First School, Winterbourne Way, Worthing, BN13 3QH
Received Not publishedSt Philip Howard Catholic High School, Elm Grove South, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Quarry, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedBlackthorns Community Primary School, Blackthorns Close, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2UA
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedArundel Courthouse, Maltravers Street, Arundel, BN18 9AP
Received Not publishedBirchwood Grove Community Primary School, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedMilton Mount First and Middle School, Grattons Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 3AG
Received Not publishedLand at Bognor Regis Community College, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LH
Received Not publishedPagham Harbour Nature Reserve, Chichester, PO20 7NE
Received Not publishedDan Tree Farm, London Road, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5QD
Received Not publishedMarlpit Jubilee Wood, Marlpit Lane, Hambrook, Chichester, PO18 8UL
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
Received Not publishedExisting car park at Telford Place, Crawley,
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, 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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