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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Standen Tip, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead
Received Not publishedSteyning Fire Station, High Street, Steyning, BN44 3RE
Received Not publishedWesthampnett Civic Amenity Site, Coach Road, Westhampnett
Received Not publishedConnaught Junior School, Connaught Road, Littlehampton, BN17 6ES
Received Not publishedKirdford Wastewater Treatment Works, Kirdford Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0LG
Received Not publishedImberhorne Lower School, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead, RH19 2DT
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas & St Mary C of E Primary School, Eastern Avenue, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PE
Received Not publishedThakeham First School, The Street, Thakeham, Pulborough, RH20 3EP
Received Not publishedDownlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Received Not publishedMaidenbower County First School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 4RY
Received Not publishedThe Haulage Yard, Dial Post, West Sussex, RH13 8NY
Received Not publishedCrawley Household Waste Recycling Site and Transfer Station, Metcalf Way, Crawley, RH11 7XN
Received Not publishedRose Green Junior School, Raleigh Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 3NA
Received Not publishedSackville School, Lewes Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3TY
Received Not publishedDurrington Junior School, Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedWSCC Broadbridge Heath Work Depot, Worthing Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3LZ
Received Not publishedAngmering Public Library, Arundel Road, Angmering, Littlehampton, BN16 4JS
Received Not publishedRose Green Infant School, Hawkins Close, Bognor Regis, PO21 3LW
Received Not publishedDurrington Junior School, Salvington Road, Salvington, Worthing, BN13 2JD
Received Not publishedLand to the south of Salthill Lane, north of Clay Lane and to the east of New Bridge Farm, Chichester
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedSompting Waste Management Complex, Halewick Lane, Sompting
Received Not publishedGlebe Middle School, Church Lane, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4GB
Received Not publishedUpper Beeding Primary School, School Road, Upper Beeding, Steyning, BN44 3HY
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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