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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
15,468 approved · 2,182 refused · 912 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wick Information Centre 76 Wick Street Littlehampton BN17 7JS
Received 12 Jan 20227 Dolphin Way Rustington BN16 2EL
Received 30 Apr 2015Rose Cottage Priors Waye Bognor Regis PO21 3JU
Received 23 Jun 201428 Burnham Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2JU
Received 6 Feb 2017Willowbank Cottages The Poplars Littlehampton BN17 6GZ
Received 20 Mar 2015Farlings Avisford Park Road Walberton BN18 0AP
Received 19 Jan 20227 Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QE
Received 10 Jan 202012 Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3NY
Received 9 May 2022Unit H6 Rudford Industrial Estate Ford Road Ford BN18 0BD
Received 31 Oct 2019Land North of The Flint Barn Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AZ
Received 20 Nov 201851 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6QA
Received 17 Feb 20125 Kithurst Close East Preston BN16 2TQ
Received 27 Apr 2017Merrivale Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 12 Sept 2014The Nook Ancton Lane Middleton-on-sea PO22 6NN
Received 24 Sept 202621 Downview Road Yapton BN18 0HL
Received 20 Sept 2017Swansea House West Street Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 1XH
Received 19 Dec 2013Sussex Business Village Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AL
Received 20 Dec 202422 Terminus Road Littlehampton BN17 5BX
Received 22 May 2013Mayfield Cottage 47 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RG
Received 27 Nov 201346 Craigweil Lane Aldwick PO21 4XN
Received 17 Nov 2021Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 29 Jul 202047 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BZ
Received 15 Mar 201283 Ravens Way Bersted PO22 9ER
Received 24 Feb 2021Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc Hawthorn Road Littlehampton BN17 7RW
Received 20 Nov 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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