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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Crooked Mead Farm, Chichester By Pass, Stockbridge, Chichester, PO19 8FH
Received Not publishedWarnham C of E Primary School, Freeman Road, Warnham, Horsham, RH12 3RQ
Received Not publishedManor Green Primary School Lady Margaret Road, Crawley, RH11 0DU
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Sewage Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, RH17 5AL
Received Not publishedLand between Erica Way & North Heath Lane, Horsham
Received Not publishedTangmere Airfield, The Old Airfield, City Fields Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2FT
Received Not publishedSt Marys C of E Primary School, Link Lane, Pulborough, RH20 2AN
Received Not publishedLittlehampton Wharf, Quayside, Littlehampton, BN17 5DN
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Waste Water Treatment Works, Stane Street, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9JU
Received Not publishedWestbourne Primary School, River Street, Emsworth, PO10 8TG
Received Not publishedLand within Portfield Quarry, Chichester Bypass, Chichester, West Sussex
Received Not published38 Alinora Crescent, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4HZ
Received Not publishedHalsford Park Primary School, Manor Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1LR
Received Not publishedMay House, 6 Durrington Lane, Durrington, Worthing, BN13 2QJ
Received Not publishedThe Old Coal Yard, Jury Lane, Sidlesham Common, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 7PX
Received Not publishedBognor Regis Community College, Westloats Gardens, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LG
Received Not publishedWaterfield First School, Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley
Received Not publishedDavison C of E High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Goddards Green
Received Not publishedThe Windmills Junior School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8LS
Received Not publishedRetention of existing use of Transfer Station and Civic Amenity site facilities
Received Not published‘The Bog Field’. Holmbush Farm, Crawley Road, Faygate.
Received Not publishedArdingly Depot, College Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6SH
Received Not publishedStorrington Oilwell Site, Pulborough Road, Cootham, Pulborough, RH20 4HP
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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