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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Baldwins Hill Primary School, Lowdells Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2AP
Received Not publishedEastbrook Primary School, Manor Hall Road, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4NF
Received Not publishedOunces Barn Livery, Halnaker, Chichester, PO18 0NP
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill site, Langhurst Wood Road, Warnham, West Sussex
Received Not publishedLower Beeding Wastewater Treatment Works, Leechpond Hill, Lower Beeding, Horsham, RH13 6NR
Received Not publishedDurrington Middle School, Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedLand at Bedelands Farm, West of Valebridge Road, Burgess Hill
Received Not publishedEast Preston Junior School, Lashmar Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1EZ
Received Not publishedColgate Primary School, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Received Not publishedSackville School, Lewes Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3TY
Received Not publishedElizabeth House, Victoria Drive, Bognor Regis, PO21 2TB
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT.
Received Not publishedThe Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedTangmere Wastewater Treatment Works, East Hampnett Lane, Tangmere, Chichester
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Pupil Referral Unit, Fletcher Place, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1JR
Received Not publishedHolbrook Primary School, Holbrook School Lane, Horsham, RH12 5PP
Received Not publishedAshington Wastewater Treatment Works, Ashington
Received Not publishedShoreham
Received Not publishedElm Grove Primary School, 33 Elm Grove, Marine, Worthing BN11 5LQ
Received Not publishedAdsdean Landfill Site, Adsdean Farm, Funtington, West Sussex, PO18 9DN
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedSouthgate Primary School, Barrington Road, Crawley, RH10 6DG
Received Not publishedClimping College The Mill, Climping Street, Climping, BN17 5RN
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
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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