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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
15,045 approved · 2,112 refused · 883 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Canal Road Yapton BN18 0HD
Received 19 May 202152 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 21 Sept 2011Land South Of The Littlehampton Academy Fitzalan Road Littlehampton BN17 6ED
Received 17 May 2022Chessels Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NW
Received 20 May 2020Fleurie Lake Lane (former Star Plants Nursery) Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AL
Received 1 Feb 202261 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 21 Apr 202146 Southdean Drive Middleton on Sea PO22 7TB
Received 14 Dec 201818 Ley Road Felpham PO22 7HR
Received 10 Mar 201744 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2BE
Received 17 Jan 2019Land West of Avenals Barn Water Lane Angmering BN16 4QS
Received 2 Oct 202512 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 30 Oct 201453 Tideway Littlehampton BN17 6PP
Received 7 Feb 20132 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 19 Jun 2018Land R/O 6 Bakers Arms Hill Rear Boundary with 29 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 14 Nov 20144 Homing Gardens Bognor Regis PO22 9AJ
Received 9 May 2014The Mill Cottage Clymping Street Clymping BN17 5RN
Received 29 Jun 2018St Mary Magdalene's Church Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QH
Received 3 Feb 2021107/109 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AF
Received 6 Aug 2020Oldlands Farm Steyning Way Bersted PO22 9NW
Received 2 Jun 20153 Downview Road Barnham PO22 0EE
Received 12 Nov 2018Manor Flats 100 Felpham Road Felpham
Received 15 May 201786 Ancton Way Elmer PO22 6JP
Received 27 Mar 2026102 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NP
Received 18 Sept 20151 The Hamlet Climping BN17 5RY
Received 28 Feb 2012Records 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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