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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pound Hill Infant School, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedBoundstone Nursery, Upper Boundstone Lane, Lancing, BN15 9QX
Received Not publishedThe Former Scorpio Power Building, Chartwell Road, Lancing, Business Park, Lancing
Received Not publishedInternational Park, Priestley Way, Manor Road Industrial Estate, Crawley, RH10 9NT
Received Not publishedRustington Community Primary School, North Lane, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3PW
Received Not publishedPoynings East Wastewater Treatment Works, Mill Lane, Poynings, Brighton
Received Not publishedWorthing Household Waste Recycling Site, Dominion Way, Worthing, BN14 8NW
Received Not publishedMannings Heath Wastewater Treatment Works, Gagglewood, Mannings Heath, Horsham
Received Not publishedLindfield Primary School, School Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2DX
Received Not publishedIbstock Brick Ltd., Goose Green Lane, Thakeham, Nr Pulborough
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, The Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedLeechpool Primary School, Leechpool Lane, Horsham, RH13 6AG
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedSlinfold Park Golf and Country Club, Stane Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RE
Received Not published57 Ardsheal Road, Gaisford, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 7RN
Received Not publishedGeorgian Gardens Community Primary School, Guildford Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3JJ
Received Not publishedLAND AT JUNCTION OF LOWFIELD HEATH ROAD AND BONNETTS LANE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSchool Canteen, Newbury Lane, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath
Received Not publishedCrawley Household Waste Recycling Site and Transfer Station, Metcalf Way, Crawley, RH11 7SF
Received Not publishedWest Chiltington First School, East Street, West Chiltington, Pulborough, RH20 2JY
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Gravel Pit, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedHilltop Primary School, Ditchling Hill, Crawley, RH11 8QL
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas & St Mary C of E Primary School, Eastern Avenue, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PE
Received Not publishedCrawley Goods Yard (Day Group), Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9RE
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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