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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thistleworth Farm Cottage, Dial Post, Horsham, RH13 8NY
Received Not publishedPhilpots Quarry, Hook Lane, West Hoathly, East Grinstead, RH19 4PS
Received Not publishedNorthwood Farm, Burndell Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0HR
Received Not publishedJolesfield C of E Primary School, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham
Received Not publishedFord Materials Recycling Facility, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0FL
Received Not publishedHerons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Crescent, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Received Not publishedScorpio Power Building, Chartwell Rd, Churchill Industrial Estate, Lancing, West Sussex
Received Not published46 High Street, Littlehampton, West Sussex
Received Not publishedHilltop Primary School, Ditchling Hill, Crawley, RH11 8QL
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedLand at former Wolseley UK site, Shoreham Road, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9SE
Received Not publishedBuckingham Community Middle School, Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5UD
Received Not publishedChichester High School, Kingsham Road, Chichester PO19 8EB
Received Not publishedBurleigh Oaks Farm Waste Transfer& Recycling Centre, East Street, Turners Hill, Crawley, RH10 4PZ
Received Not publishedHerons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Cresent, Shoreham-by-sea, BN43 6TN
Received Not publishedChidham Parochial Primary School, Chidham Lane, Chidham, PO18 8TH
Received Not publishedCrawley Down Village C of E Primary School, Hophurst Drive, Crawley Down, Crawley, RH10 4XA
Received Not publishedThe Orchards Middle School, Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
Received Not publishedNorth Heath Community Primary School Erica Way, Horsham, RH12 5XL
Received Not publishedCounty Hall, The Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RE
Received Not publishedWest Hoathly CE Primary School, North Lane, West Hoathly, East Grinstead, RH19 4QG
Received Not publishedThe Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedThe Windmills Junior School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LS
Received Not publishedHeene C of E First School, Norfolk Street, Worthing, BN11 4BB
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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