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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 · 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
14,839 approved · 2,075 refused · 872 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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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.
3 Boundary Way East Preston BN16 1BU
Received 13 Apr 2026Lamb Inn 73 The Street Rustington BN16 3NU
Received 2 Jan 202618-20 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 17 Oct 2018Land Between 8 And 12 10 Wychwood Close Aldwick PO21 4DW
Received 14 Dec 2020The Woodlands Centre Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3HB
Received 1 May 2026Norton Glebe Norton Lane Norton Aldingbourne PO20 3NH
Received 6 May 2014Rife Cottage 1 Station Road Ford BN18 0BJ
Received 14 Nov 201717 Sandymount Close Bognor Regis PO22 9EL
Received 20 Jun 2018120 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DZ
Received 7 Apr 20221 The Ridings Aldwick PO21 4HP
Received 9 Aug 201910 West Head Littlehampton BN17 6QP
Received 10 Apr 201339 Spinney Walk Barnham PO22 0HT
Received 8 Sept 202038 Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3HB
Received 15 Aug 20142 Gloucester Place Littlehampton BN17 7AE
Received 30 May 201847 Sussex Street Littlehampton BN17 6JD
Received 21 Feb 2013Westside Cottage 254 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 3QH
Received 2 Jul 20183 Elfin Grove Bognor Regis PO21 2RX
Received 13 Mar 2012Liberty House 19 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 6 Feb 20144 Hudson Drive Rustington BN16 2AX
Received 22 Jul 2026Brooklands 6 Burch Grove Walberton BN18 0BB
Received 7 Mar 2022Manor Farm Shripney Lane Shripney
Received 21 May 20141 The Paddock Lyminster BN17 7QH
Received 16 Feb 202111 Ivydale Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LX
Received 29 Sept 20119 Juniper Close Middleton-on-sea PO22 6SD
Received 11 May 2022Records 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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