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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
15,192 approved · 2,142 refused · 894 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Star Plants Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AL
Received 20 Dec 2018Parcel A2/B6 Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 3 Jan 2019Olive Tree Cottage 40 Links Avenue FELPHAM PO22 7BX
Received 2 Nov 2016The Grange Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3SQ
Received 26 Feb 2021Land to the rear of Croft Surgery Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 29 Jan 2026Co-operative Stores 2 Nyetimber Lane Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 3HG
Received 9 Oct 20132 Willowhayne Avenue East Preston BN16 1PE
Received 6 May 202226-30 Surrey Street Litlehampton BN17 5BG
Received 28 Nov 2014Amberley Lodge 2 Amberley Road Rustington BN16 2EE
Received 17 May 2017The Old Vicarage Poling Street Poling BN18 9PT
Received 6 Dec 2017West Walberton Farm West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 29 Nov 201120 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 31 May 201717 Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 0HJ
Received 30 Jun 2011Land East of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell
Received 19 May 2022The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 16 Jan 201516 Speedwell Chase Angmering BN16 4QR
Received 19 Jun 2026Verge outside of 12 & 22 Normans Drive Felpham PO22 8LN
Received 5 Dec 201315 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 11 May 201883 Crossbush Road Bognor Regis PO22 7LZ
Received 8 Aug 20141 Burley Road Felpham PO22 7NF
Received 9 Jun 2026Land South Of Wandleys Lane Eastergate PO20 3SE
Received 18 May 2026Eastergate Fruit Farm Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 26 Jan 2018Jasmines 89 Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0EQ
Received 6 Jan 201513 Weavers Ring Angmering BN16 4AJ
Received 4 Mar 2026Records 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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