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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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20 Church Lane, Glebe Primary School, Church Lane, West Sussex, Southwick, BN42 4GB
Received Not publishedShelley County Primary School, Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3LU
Received Not publishedHigh School, Kingsham Road, Chichester, PO19 8RP
Received Not publishedOathall Community College , Appledore Gardens, Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ
Received Not publishedThe Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering, BN16 4HH
Received Not publishedTesco Stores Ltd, Fishbourne Road East, Chichester, PO19 3JT
Received Not publishedFox Hill Wastewater Pumping Station, Rogers Farm, Fox Hill, Haywards Heath, RH16 4QZ
Received Not publishedHolmbush Farm Recycling Site, Crawley Road, Faygate, Horsham
Received Not publishedHorsham Household Waste Recycling Centre, Hop Oast Amenity Tip, Worthing Road, Horsham, RH13 0AR
Received Not publishedPark Farm Cottage, Broxmead Lane, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5RJ
Received Not publishedBourne Community College, Park Road, Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
Received Not publishedSlinfold C of E Primary School, The Street, Slinfold, Horsham, RH13 0RR
Received Not publishedFerring CE (Controlled) Primary School, Sea Lane, Ferring, Worthing
Received Not publishedLand at Hazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedBroadfield East Infant and Junior School, Vulcan Close, Crawley, RH11 9PD
Received Not publishedRock Common Sandpit, Washington, for Tarmac Limited
Received Not publishedMaidenbower Junior School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Received Not publishedOakfield Middle School, Irene Avenue, Lancing, BN15 9NZ
Received Not publishedSpringfield First School, Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BQ
Received Not publishedWhytemead County First School, Dominion Road, Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 8LH
Received Not publishedNewtimber Chalk Pit, London Road, Newtimber
Received Not publishedSt Richards Catholic Primary School, Cawley Road, Chichester, PO19 1XB
Received Not publishedSwiss Garden Primary School, Swiss Gardens, West Sussex, Shoreham by sea, BN43 5WH
Received Not publishedPortfield Quarry, Chichester By Pass, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7UW
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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