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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thomas A'Becket First School, Pelham Road, Worthing, BN13 1JB
Received Not publishedSummerlea County Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3SW.
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to The Vinery, Arundel Road, Poling, Arundel, BN18 9PY
Received Not publishedSouth East Corner, Tangmere Airfield, Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treament Works, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel
Received Not publishedNorth Heath Community Primary School, Erica Way, Horsham, RH12 5XL
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Asphalt Plant, Quayside Bridge Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5DN
Received Not publishedStorrington Oilwell Site, Pulborough Road, Cootham, Pulborough, RH20 4HP
Received Not publishedPulborough Wastewater Treatment Works, Marehill, West Sussex, RH20 2EJ
Received Not publishedBroadfield North First & Middle School, Seymour Road, Crawley, RH11 9ES
Received Not publishedImberhorne School, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 1QY
Received Not publishedShoreham WWTW
Received Not publishedFord Circular Technology Park, Ford Road, Ford BN18 0XL
Received Not publishedLower Stumble Exploration Site, off London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath RH17 6JH
Received Not publishedUnit 2A, Ivy Arch Road, Worthing, BN14 8BX
Received Not publishedKeymer Tiles Ltd, Nye Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0JY
Received Not publishedWestergate Community School, Lime Avenue, Westergate, Chichester, PO20 3UE
Received Not publishedLand to south of Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, Chichester
Received Not publishedSt Margarets C of E Primary School Arundel Road, Littlehampton, BN16 4LP
Received Not publishedMillais School, Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
Received Not publishedRivington Farm, Antlands Lane, Shipley Bridge, Horley, RH6 9SR
Received Not publishedWashington Sand Pit, Hampers Lane, Sullington, West Sussex, RH20 3EX
Received Not publishedHerons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Crescent, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
Received Not publishedThorney Island Community Primary School, Emsworth Road, Thorney Island, Emsworth, PO10 8DJ
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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