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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
15,254 approved · 2,154 refused · 899 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Camelia Close Littlehampton BN17 6UT
Received 21 Jan 2026Gustone Farm Barnham Lane Walberton BN18 0AX
Received 12 Jul 2011Ferndale House Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HT
Received 17 Apr 2019Barn Point 155 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 19 Mar 2019Site 6 Phases 4 & 5 Land north of Felpham Felpham PO22 8FX
Received 3 May 201673 Elm Grove Barnham Bognor Regis PO22 0HW
Received 17 Nov 201214 Bridorley Close Pagham PO21 3NP
Received 19 Oct 201421 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JA
Received 3 Oct 2013Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 22 Jul 201989 Hampshire Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5JH
Received 21 Sept 202655 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LJ
Received 5 Jun 20138 The Midway Felpham PO22 7EZ
Received 25 Oct 202021 Uppark Way Bognor Regis
Received 31 May 2011Lyminster House Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 26 Feb 2018Palm Cottage 62 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BT
Received 8 Dec 20201 The Esplanade Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 7AF
Received 25 Feb 201333 Knightscroft Avenue Rustington BN16 2HW
Received 22 Mar 2021136 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO212BL
Received 16 Dec 2025Land to NW of Myrtle Grove Farm Patching BN13 3XL
Received 18 Jan 2012The Nook 11 Olivers Meadow Westergate PO20 3YA
Received 27 Sept 2018Pharos Quay River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BF
Received 14 Jan 202221 Sutton Avenue Rustington BN16 2ES
Received 28 Nov 202525 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NS
Received 30 Sept 202178 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RH
Received 24 Feb 2017Records 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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