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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15,192 approved · 2,142 refused · 894 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
33A Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 24 Aug 202169 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4HE
Received 11 Nov 20115 Hobbs Court, The Potting Barn Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 6 Oct 2021Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 3 Jan 201917 Foamcourt Waye Ferring BN12 5RD
Received 7 Mar 20181 Avon Close Felpham PO22 6BX
Received 12 Feb 2018Seacroft The Thatchway Rustington BN16 2BN
Received 8 Apr 20213 Grange Park Ferring BN12 5LS
Received 3 Oct 202545 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LT
Received 13 Mar 202121 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 14 Sept 202116 Carlingford Court Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2EN
Received 14 Sept 201421 Brook Lane Ferring BN12 5JE
Received 19 May 2012Courtwick Lane Land South of railway Littlehampton
Received 23 Dec 201311 Follett Close Bognor Regis PO21 4XH
Received 9 Jan 201919 Oval Waye Ferring BN12 5RA
Received 25 Jan 2022Priory Farm Cottage 60 Priory Lane Tortington Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 28 Oct 201152 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 19 Jan 2018Tars Farm Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 5 Nov 201419 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 17 Jan 2014Costa Coffee with drive thru facility Crossbush Services Lyminster Road BN17 7QQ
Received 15 Dec 2021Bognor Regis Retail Park Shripney Road/Rowan Way Bersted PO22 9TR
Received 26 Oct 2011Hop Garden Cottage Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3RJ
Received 12 Jan 20211 Thakeham Close East Preston BN16 1DR
Received 28 Aug 2013Bailiffscourt Hotel, Gate House Climping Street Climping BN17 5RW
Received 21 Nov 2025Records 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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