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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Ashington Wastewater Treatment Works, Hole Street, Ashington, Pulborough, RH20 3DD
Received Not publishedLand west of Lavant Branch Railway Line, off Plainwood Close, Summersdale, Chichester
Received Not publishedParklands Community Primary School, Durnford Close, Chichester, PO19 3AG
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedFelpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
Received Not publishedLand to the north of GW & G Bridges Vehicles Disposal Unit, Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, Crawley
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
Received Not publishedGoddards Green Wastewater Treatments Works, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AL
Received Not publishedUnit 29, Firsland Park Industrial Estate, Henfield Road, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9JJ
Received Not publishedKnepp Castle, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LJ
Received Not publishedWhytemead County Primary School, 199, Dominion Road, Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 8LH
Received Not publishedFreshfield Lane Brickworks, Freshfield Lane Danehill
Received Not publishedSt Peters C of E School, Holmans, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6UQ
Received Not publishedThe Orchards Middle School, Nelson Road, Worthing, BN12 6EN
Received Not publishedSt Mark's CE Primary School, Brantridge Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EN
Received Not publishedBurgess Hill HWRS & Transfer Station, Fairbridge Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 8AR
Received Not publishedFerring Church Of England Primary School, Sea Lane, Ferring, BN12 5DU
Received Not publishedEast Tyne Residential Home, Durrington Lane, Worthing, BN13 2TF
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Eastergate and north-west of Barnham, PO22 0DF
Received Not publishedHorsham Wastewater Treatment Works, Southwater Bypass, Horsham, RH12 3UB
Received Not publishedittlehampton Household Waste Recycling Site, land off Mill Lane, Littlehampton, BN17 7RJ
Received Not publishedFord Aerodrome, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel
Received Not publishedChichester Nursery School and Children's Centre, St James Road, Chichester, PO19 7AB
Received Not publishedThe Weald School, Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
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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