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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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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North Heath Community Primary School, Erica Way, Horsham, RH12 5XL
Received Not publishedHorton Landfill Site, Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, BN5 9XH
Received Not publishedLyndhurst County First School, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Aerodrome, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedChichester Food Park, Bognor Road, Chichester
Received Not publishedSouthwater Infant School, Worthing Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9JH
Received Not publishedPlaistow and Kirdford County Primary School, Loxwood Road, Plaistow, Billingshurst, RH14 0PX
Received Not publishedHenfield Fire Station, Golden Square, Henfield, BN5 9DP
Received Not publishedTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedSt Mark's CE Primary School, Brantridge Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EN
Received Not publishedBlackthorns Community Primary School, Blackthorns Close, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2UA
Received Not publishedCastlewood Primary School, Castlewood Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9US
Received Not publishedFord Wastewater Treatment Works, Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0HY
Received Not publishedBlackwell Primary School, Blackwell Farm Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3JL
Received Not publishedLand near, Hardriding Farm, Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, Crawley
Received Not publishedKingston Wharf & Lennards Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RN
Received Not publishedWorthing High School, South Farm Road, Worthing, BN14 7AR
Received Not publishedChesworth Junior School, Kings Road, Horsham, RH13 5DQ
Received Not publishedSpringfield First School, Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BQ
Received Not publishedHandcross Primary School, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HB
Received Not publishedDrayton Highways Depot, Drayton Lane, Drayton, Chichester, PO20 2BZ
Received Not publishedOathall Community College, Appledore Gardens, Haywards Heath RH16 2AQ
Received Not publishedLower Stumble Exploration Site, off London Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JH
Received Not publishedOriel High School, Maidenbower Lane, Crawley, RH10 7XW
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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