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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sompting Village Primary School, White Styles Road, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0BU
Received Not publishedCamelsdale Primary School, School Road, Haslemere, GU27 3RN
Received Not publishedPountney Tyres Ltd, Meadow Road Industrial Estate, Meadow Road, Worthing, BN11 2RU
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Clinical Waste Facility, Units 15-16, Arndale Road, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7HD
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry Brittans Lane, Chichester
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT
Received Not publishedPalatine School, Palatine Road, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 6JP
Received Not publishedLangley Green Primary School, Stagelands, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7PF
Received Not publishedWalnut Tree Farm, Vinnetrow Road, Runcton
Received Not publishedWood barn Farm, Adversane Lane, Broadford Bridge, Billingshurst, West Sussex
Received Not publishedHolbrook Primary School, Holbrook School Lane, Horsham, RH12 5PP
Received Not publishedPalatine School, Palatine Road, Castle, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6JP.
Received Not publishedWinterpick Mushrooms Ltd, Hurstpierpoint Road, Twineham
Received Not publishedSt Margarets C of E Primary School, The Mardens, Crawley, RH11 0AQ
Received Not publishedValdoe Quarry, Westhampnett
Received Not publishedThe Vinery, Arundel Road, Poling, Arundel, BN18 9PY
Received Not publishedFairway Infant School, Fairway, Copthorne, Crawley, RH10 3QD
Received Not publishedSouth East corner Tangmere Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, West Sussex
Received Not publishedWarnham Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4ZL
Received Not publishedHorsgate Lodge, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedEastergate CofE Primary School, Church Lane, Eastergate, Chichester, PO20 3UT
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry, Thicket Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedEdward Bryant Primary School, London Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1BG
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham RH13 8LJ
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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