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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Albourne C of E Primary School, The Street, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DH
Received Not publishedThe Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH
Received Not publishedNew Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Received Not publishedFire Station, Mill Green Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1XQ
Received Not publishedCastlewood Primary School, Castlewood Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9US
Received Not publishedLaybrook Brickworks Quarry, Goose Green Lane, Pulborough, RH20 2LW
Received Not publishedAdsdean Landfill Site, Adsdean Farm, Funtington, West Sussex, PO18 9DN
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedStaplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES.
Received Not publishedRampion onshore cable route, East Worthing to Bolney
Received Not publishedFishbourne C of E Primary School, Roman Way, Chichester, PO19 3QS
Received Not publishedQuayside, Littlehampton
Received Not publishedTangmere County Primary School, Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2JB
Received Not publishedThe Forest School Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
Received Not publishedThree Bridges First School, Gales Place, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1QG
Received Not publishedSolent Wharf, Basin Road South, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1WF
Received Not publishedGeorgian Gardens Community Primary School, Guildford Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3JJ
Received Not publishedGoddards Green STC, Cuckfield Road, Ansty
Received Not publishedNew Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedArundel C of E Primary School, Jarvis Road, Arundel, BN18 9HT
Received Not publishedHassocks Infant School, Chancellors Park, Hassocks, BN6 8EY
Received Not publishedLavant Quarry, Hunters Race, Lavant, Chichester, PO19 5UD
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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