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 · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Arun website
14,806 approved · 2,067 refused · 869 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Primrose 6 Daffodil Gardens Walberton BN18 0XQ
Received 14 Sept 202620 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2SE
Received 18 May 2017Gable House The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 14 Aug 20268 Mantling Road Littlehampton BN17 7DG
Received 28 May 201255 & 57 Victoria Drive and land to the rear. Bognor Regis
Received 2 Oct 2013Saxons Hurst Road East Preston BN16 3AP
Received 23 Aug 2021Phase 2B Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 11 Jan 202285 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EW
Received 23 Feb 2022Esmonde House, Flat 3 13 The Steyne Bognor Regis PO21 1TX
Received 15 Aug 2018Helios Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 20 Mar 201251 Highcroft Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 8DJ
Received 10 Aug 2026Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 18 Jun 202048 Clarence Drive East Preston BN16 1EJ
Received 19 Aug 202511 Marquis Way Aldwick PO21 4AT
Received 6 Jul 202017 Glynde Crescent Felpham PO22 8HT
Received 14 Aug 20204 Units The Old Coal Yard Yapton BN18 0DN
Received 28 Mar 202524 Elm Avenue East Preston BN16 1HL
Received 27 Feb 2015Roundstone Farm & Shop Littlehampton Road Angmering BN12 6PW
Received 3 May 2017Building at Hobbs New Barn Climping
Received 2 May 201471 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JH
Received 26 Sept 20191 Artex Avenue Rusington BN16 3LN
Received 18 Jun 2012Wide Horizon 11 Waters Edge Aldwick PO21 4AW
Received 10 Jul 2015Myrtle Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 8 Apr 2026Newlands Nursery Pagham Road Pagham PO20 1LL
Received 13 Nov 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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 Arun District 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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