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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
15,582 approved · 2,203 refused · 918 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NS
Received 30 May 20221 Northwood Cottages Burndell Road Yapton
Received 15 Mar 2011Flat 1 Anglesea Court 11 Victoria Road South PO21 2NA
Received 8 Nov 201929 Windmill Drive Rustington BN16 3HL
Received 16 Mar 202160 Fircroft Crescent Rustington BN16 3HT
Received 2 Jun 2015Land To East Of Fontwell Racecourse Fontwell Avenue Eastergate BN18 0SW
Received 18 Nov 202114 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QT
Received 3 Mar 20212 Highfield Gardens Rustington BN16 2PZ
Received 3 Jan 2013Oak Tree Cottage 36 Flansham Lane Felpham PO22 6AF
Received 21 Nov 2011Atherington House Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DE
Received 12 Oct 20207 Wellers Close Felpham PO22 8FS
Received 24 Apr 2017Bramble Cottage 50 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5EH
Received 13 Aug 2015Land rear of Oakhurst House and Huntington House West Drive Angmering
Received 16 May 2022Chaucer House 7 Cross Road Rustington BN16 2ST
Received 15 Mar 2022Church House 94 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PG
Received 5 Mar 2012Churchfield Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 1 Dec 20219 The Causeway Arundel BN18 9JJ
Received 18 Apr 2017Belmont Lodge Belmont Street Bognor Regis PO21 1LE
Received 17 Mar 20265 Renoir Court Bersted
Received 27 May 201110 Kingsmead Felpham PO22 7BE
Received 4 Dec 2017Beatrice House Northcliffe Road Bognor Regis PO22 8BA
Received 23 Nov 2011Pennyfarthing 5 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 13 Oct 2011Brook House 44 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO20 4DB
Received 11 Aug 2011Land adjacent to 84 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 8 Oct 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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