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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at New Monks Farm, Cecil Pashley Way, Shoreham Airport, Shoreham-by-Sea
Received Not publishedThe Gattons Infant School, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurst Wood Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedRudgwick Primary School, Tates Way, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3HW
Received Not publishedBewbush Community Primary School, Dorsten Square, Crawley, RH11 8XW
Received Not publishedPalatine School, Palatine Road, Worthing, BN12 6JP
Received Not publishedLand at Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, Tangmere, Chichester
Received Not publishedThe Forest School Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedChantry Sand Pit, Chantry Lane, Storrington, Pulborough
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Heene CE Primary School (former Jolly Brewer site), Clifton Road, Worthing, BN11 4DG
Received Not publishedNewick House School, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Quarry, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedLand to the north , west and south of the former Sompting Land fill Site, Halewick Lane, Sompting
Received Not publishedLand adjoining to Beachcroft Towse, Evergreen Farm, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead
Received Not publishedHerons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Crescent, Shoreham-By-Sea, BN43 6TN
Received Not publishedSt Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3PQ
Received Not publishedLand near Brookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedWealden/Warnham Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham
Received Not publishedUnit A, Fort Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7QU
Received Not publishedThe Orchards Middle School, Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
Received Not publishedUnit Z1, Mackley Industrial Estate, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XG
Received Not publishedDownlands School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedLand 150 metres north of roundabout on junction of A29 (Billingshurst By-pass) and A272
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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