Which ward in Mid Sussex has the highest planning approval rate?

Burgess Hill - Meeds And Hammonds at 97.6% based on 84 decisions.

Which ward in Mid Sussex has the lowest planning approval rate?

Ashurst Wood And East Grinstead South at 86.2% based on 58 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Mid Sussex?

There is a 11.4% gap between Burgess Hill - Meeds And Hammonds and Ashurst Wood And East Grinstead South. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Mid Sussex

Planning outcomes in Mid Sussex are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 11.4% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

7,819 real decisions·28 wards·Updated March 2026

All 28 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Burgess Hill - Meeds And Hammonds	84	82	2	97.6%
2	Handcross And Pease Pottage	33	32	1	97.0%
3	East Grinstead - Baldwins	151	146	5	96.7%
4	Burgess Hill - Victoria	174	168	6	96.6%
5	Burgess Hill - Dunstall	143	138	5	96.5%
6	Haywards Heath - Lucastes And Bolnore	107	103	4	96.3%
7	East Grinstead - Herontye	158	152	6	96.2%
8	Burgess Hill - Leylands	106	102	4	96.2%
9	East Grinstead - Ashplats	192	184	8	95.8%
10	East Grinstead - Town	298	284	14	95.3%
11	Haywards Heath - Bentswood And Heath	83	79	4	95.2%
12	East Grinstead - Imberhorne	245	233	12	95.1%
13	Lindfield	527	500	27	94.9%
14	Downland Villages	137	129	8	94.2%
15	Crawley Down	355	334	21	94.1%
16	--	1,954	1,838	116	94.1%
17	Haywards Heath - Franklands	257	241	16	93.8%
18	Lindfield Rural And High Weald	223	209	14	93.7%
19	Burgess Hill - St Andrews	188	176	12	93.6%
20	Haywards Heath - Ashenground	172	161	11	93.6%
21	Burgess Hill - Franklands	327	305	22	93.3%
22	Hassocks	459	426	33	92.8%
23	Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill	221	205	16	92.8%
24	Hurstpierpoint	587	544	43	92.7%
25	Copthorne And Worth	298	272	26	91.3%
26	Haywards Heath - North	41	37	4	90.2%
27	Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty	236	212	24	89.8%
28	Ashurst Wood And East Grinstead South	58	50	8	86.2%

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What the data tells us

A 11.4% gap separates the best and worst wards. Burgess Hill - Meeds And Hammonds approves 97.6% of applications while Ashurst Wood And East Grinstead South approves just 86.2%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.

Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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Methodology: Covers 7,819 planning decisions in Mid Sussex, January 2020 to present. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Mid Sussex Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →