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1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rock Common Quarry, The Hollow, Washington, Pulborough, RH20 3DA
Received Not publishedMillais School, Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
Received Not publishedLancastrian Infants School, Orchard Gardens, Chichester, PO19 1DG
Received Not publishedDavison C of E High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
Received Not publishedMichael Ayres Junior School, South Way, Bognor Regis, PO21 5EZ
Received Not publishedTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham, RH12 1SR
Received Not publishedLand between Southdown Close & Barnfield Drive, Chichester
Received Not publishedSummerlea Community Primary School, Windsor Drive, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3SW
Received Not publishedVale School, Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedMaidenbower Junior School, Harvest Road, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7RA
Received Not publishedIfield First & Middle School, Ifield Drive, Crawley
Received Not publishedKings Manor Community College, Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YT
Received Not publishedWhytemead Primary School, Dominion Road, Worthing, BN14 8LH
Received Not publishedHolmbush Farm, Crawley Road, Faygate, Horsham, RH12 4SE
Received Not publishedUnit 1, The Old Brickworks, Shoreham Road, Henfield, BN5 9SE
Received Not publishedFordwater School, Summersdale Road, Chichester, PO19 6PP
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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