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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lower Stumble Hydrocarbon Exploration Site, London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JH
Received Not publishedCrawley Waste Transfer and Recycling Site, Metcalf Way, Langley Green, West Sussex, Crawley, RH11 7SU
Received Not published7 Gravel Lane, Chichester, PO19 8PQ
Received Not publishedDurrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1JX
Received Not publishedCourt Meadow School, Hanlye Lane, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5HN
Received Not publishedPound Hill Junior School, Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EB
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Civic Amenity Site, Coach Road, Westhampnett, West Sussex
Received Not publishedHolbrook Primary School, Holbrook School Lane, Horsham, RH12 5PP
Received Not publishedDurrington Infant and Junior School, Salvington Road, Salvington, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedSummerlea Community Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
Received Not publishedImberhorne Upper School, Imberhorne Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 1QY
Received Not publishedBramber Primary School, Bramber Road, Broadwater, Worthing BN14 8QB
Received Not publishedWest Wittering Parochial C of E School, Pound Road, West Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8AJ
Received Not publishedLand west of Salterns Road, Maidenbower, Crawley
Received Not publishedEartham Pit, Eartham, Chichester, PO18 0LL
Received Not publishedChesswood Middle School, Chesswood Road, Worthing, BN11 2AA
Received Not publishedNortholmes County Primary School, Leith View Road, Horsham, RH12 4EA
Received Not publishedAbbotsford Community Special School, Cuckfield Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 8RE
Received Not publishedLand at Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedCentral C of E Junior School, Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DQ
Received Not publishedSouthway Primary School, South Way, Bognor Regis, PO21 5EZ
Received Not publishedStanbridge View, London Road, Handcross
Received Not publishedDan Tree Farm, London Road, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5QF
Received Not publishedHerons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Crescent, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TN
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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