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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Whytemead County First School, Dominion Road, Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 8LH
Received Not publishedWarden Park School, Broad Street, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP
Received Not publishedWindmill Landfill, Phases 1, 2 & 3, The Hollow, Rock Road, Washington, for Biffa Waste Services Ltd.
Received Not publishedFormer Wealden Brickworks, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedMillais School, Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
Received Not publishedOnslow Arms Wastewater Pumping Station, B2133, Brewhurst Mill, Loxwood, Billingshurst, RH14 0RD
Received Not publishedThe Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH
Received Not publishedExisting Mobile Civic Amenity Site at Car Park, Marine Drive, West Wittering.
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Household Waste Recycling Site, land off Mill Lane, Littlehampton, BN17 7RJ
Received Not publishedKilmarnock Farm, Charlwood Road, Ifield, RH11 0JY
Received Not published21 Lancing Close, Crawley, RH11 0DJ
Received Not publishedSpringfield First School, Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BQ
Received Not publishedYapton C of E School, North End Road, Yapton, Arundel, BN18 0DU
Received Not publishedFord Materials Recycling Facility, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0FL
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard, Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
Received Not publishedCrawley Sewage Treatment Works, Radford Road, Tinsley Green, Crawley, RH10 3NW
Received Not publishedRusper Sewage Treatment Works, Horsham Road, Rusper, Horsham, West Sussex
Received Not publishedManor Green College, Lady Margaret Road, Crawley, RH11 0DX
Received Not publishedThe Scrapyard (former Coalyard), Jury Lane, Sidlesham, Chichester, PO20 7PX
Received Not publishedLand at Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedOrchard Lodge, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Household Waste Recycling Site, land off Mill Lane, Littlehampton, BN17 7RJ
Received Not publishedAlbourne C of E Primary School, The Street, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DH
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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