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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Shoreham Beach Primary School, Shingle Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5RH
Received Not publishedSouthwater Infant School, Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedAngmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedLand at Ford Aerodrome, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel
Received Not published9 Robinson Road, West Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedBurgess Hill HWRS & Transfer Station, Fairbridge Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8AR
Received Not publishedShoreham Household Waste Recycling Centre, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RJ
Received Not publishedWest Park C of E Controlled First & Middle School, Marlborough Road, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4HD
Received Not publishedSt Catherines Catholic Primary School, Highdown Drive, Littlehampton, BN17 6HL
Received Not publishedThe Old Army Camp, Cemetery Lane, Westbourne, Emsworth
Received Not publishedWhytemead County First School, Dominion Road, Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 8LH
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedJolesfield Controlled Primary School, Littleworth Lane, Partridge Green, Horsham
Received Not publishedGossops Green Community Primary School, Kidborough Road, Gossops Green, Crawley, RH11 8HW
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Spindle Way, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1TG
Received Not publishedBoundstone Nursery School, Upper Boundstone Lane, Lancing, BN15 9QX
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedBersted Green Primary School, Laburnum Grove, Bognor Regis, PO22 9HT
Received Not publishedNorthgate Primary School, Green Lane, Crawley, RH10 8DX
Received Not publishedBoxgrove Quarry, Tinwood Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0LH
Received Not publishedBoxgrove C of E Primary School, The Street, Boxgrove, West Sussex, PO18 0EE
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence C of E Primary School, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9UY
Received Not publishedBurgess Hill HWRS & Transfer Station, Fairbridge Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8AR
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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