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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Evergreen Farm, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead, RH19 4NE
Received Not publishedCemex Brighton Plant and Wharf, Wellington Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1WA
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Wastewater Treatment Works, Stane Street, Billingshurst, RH14 9PQ
Received Not publishedLand at Fairbridge Way, Burgess Hill
Received Not publishedSandgate Park Quarry, Water Lane, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 4AS
Received Not publishedHarlands Primary School, Penland Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1PJ
Received Not publishedComposting site, Tangmere Airfield, Chichester
Received Not publishedSteyning Grammar School, Dormer House, Church Street, Steyning, BN44 3LB
Received Not publishedLyminster Primary School, Wick Street, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7JZ
Received Not publishedVarious properties in the conservation area as shown on the attached list
Received Not publishedArun Vale Infants School, York Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6EW
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Waste Recycling & Transfer Station, Stane Street, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO18 0NS
Received Not publishedTangmere County Primary School, Bishops Road, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2JB
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Asphalt Plant, Quayside Bridge Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5DN
Received Not publishedWoodlands Meed College, Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DP
Received Not publishedCentral Library, Richmond Road, Worthing, BN11 1HD
Received Not publishedCousins Copse Caravan Site, The Haven, Billingshurst, RH14 9BZ
Received Not publishedChantry Sand Pit, Chantry Lane, Storrington, W. Sussex
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard (Day Group), Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedFishbourne Road/A259, Fishbourne Road, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO19 3QX
Received Not publishedFormer Westhampnett Landfill Site, Coach Road, Westhampnett, West Sussex, PO19 7RT
Received Not publishedDesmond Anderson School, Anderson Road, Crawley, RH10 5EA
Received Not publishedBlackwell Primary School, Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
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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