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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mechanical And Biological Treatment South Of Brookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurst Wood Road, Horsham RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedEartham Gravel Pit, Eartham Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Primary School, Worthing, BN13 1JB
Received Not publishedKingston Railway Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Glamis Street, Bognor Regis, PO21 1DU
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, West Sussex, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedTwineham C Of E Primary School Church Lane, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NR
Received Not publishedOak Grove College, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedSwiss Gardens Primary School, Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WH
Received Not publishedEast Preston Junior School, Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Received Not publishedLyndhurst Infant School, 179A Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedCornfield School, Cornfield Close, Littlehampton, BN17 6HY
Received Not publishedOrchard Street Kitchen, Building 23C, Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DE
Received Not publishedSummerlea Community Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
Received Not publishedOathall Community College, Appledore Gardens, Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ.
Received Not publishedShipley C of E Primary School, School Lane, Shipley, Horsham, RH13 8PL
Received Not publishedEvergreen Farm, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead, RH19 4NE
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedHangleton Nursery, Hangleton Lane, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 6PP
Received Not publishedKingston Railway Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedSt Paul's Catholic College, Jane Murray Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Received Not publishedBroadwater Baptist Church and Downsbrook Middle School, Dominion Road, Worthing
Received Not publishedThe Forest School Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NT
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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