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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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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Maidenbower County First School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Received Not publishedWhytemead County First School, Dominion Road, Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 8LH
Received Not publishedSt Peters C of E School, Potters Green, Station Road, Cowfold, Horsham, RH13 8QZ
Received Not publishedHambrook Gravel Pit, Common Road, Hambrook, Chichester
Received Not publishedWarnham Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4ZL
Received Not publishedSteyning Grammar School, Shooting Field, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3LB
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Middle School, Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7PR
Received Not publishedCrawley Household Waste Recycling Site and Transfer Station, Metcalf Way, Crawley, RH11 7XN
Received Not publishedUnit A, Fort Road Industrial Estate, Fort Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7QU
Received Not publishedChidham Parochial Primary School, Chidham Lane, Chidham, Chichester, PO18 8TH
Received Not publishedFord Materials Recycling Facility, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0FL
Received Not publishedBurgess Hill Recycling Centre/Amenity Site, London Road, Burgess Hill
Received Not publishedRiver Beach Primary School, York Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6EW
Received Not publishedHobbs Barn, Grevatts Lane, Climping, Littlehampton, BN17 5RE
Received Not publishedEartham Quarry, Thicket Lane, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0QS
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane, Danehill, RH17 7HH.
Received Not publishedThakeham First School, The Street, Thakeham, Pulborough, RH20 3EP
Received Not publishedBartons Primary School, Lethaby Road, Bersted, West Sussex, PO21 5EJ
Received Not publishedLand west of Lavant Branch Railway Line, Plainwood Close, Summersdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Civic Amenity Site, Chichester
Received Not publishedLand at Bognor Regis Community College, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LH
Received Not publishedDurrington Library, Salvington Road, Salvington, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedSt. Oscar Romero Catholic School, Goring St, Goring by Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 5AF
Received Not publishedGoring Library, Mulberry Lane, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4NR
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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