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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Unit 1, Marlborough Business Centre, Marlborough Road, Lancing, BN15 8TP
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill Site and adjacent land, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedBognor Regis Library, London Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1DE
Received Not publishedLyndhurst Methodist Church, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedAshurst Wood County Primary School, School Lane, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, RH19 3QW
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
Received Not publishedWealden/Warnham Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4OF
Received Not publishedPookbourne Lane Highways Depot, Jobs Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, BN6 9HE
Received Not publishedSt Augustines C Of E Primary School, Vicarage Lane, West Sussex, Scaynes Hill, RH17 7PB
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedTheale Farm Quarry and Lower Broadbridge Farm, Slinfold Road, Slinfold, Horsham, RH12 3PJ
Received Not publishedAngmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedThe Forest School, Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedSummerlea Community Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
Received Not publishedMotor Control Centre Kiosk, Smugglers Way, Barns Green, Horsham, RH13 0PP
Received Not publishedFormer Wealden Brickworks (Site HB), Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedOrchard Lodge, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedLyminster Primary School, Wick Street, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7JZ
Received Not publishedWilliam Penn Primary School, Brooks Green Road, Coolham, Horsham, RH13 8GR
Received Not publishedValdoe Quarry
Received Not publishedSlinfold Primary School, The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RR
Received Not publishedManhood Community College, School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 9EH
Received Not publishedBuckingham Park Primary School, Buckingham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea BN45 5UD
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield Nurseries Ltd, The Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
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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