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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
15,775 approved · 2,236 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Manor Road East Preston BN16 1PY
Received 13 Jun 2017Adjacent to Poole Place Grevatts Lane Climping BN17 5RD
Received 24 Jan 2012One Stop Community Stores Ltd 135 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HB
Received 5 Sept 2012Vega 17 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 25 Sept 202119 Selborne Way East Preston BN16 2TG
Received 22 Mar 2017Barnham Community Hall Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 9 Jul 2013Shirlands Court Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2AH
Received 23 Nov 202061 Elbridge Crescent Aldwick PO21 4JG
Received 15 Apr 202210 Blondell Drive Aldwick PO21 4BQ
Received 20 Nov 2017Stoneyfield Nursery Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SL
Received 20 Mar 201758 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 24 Aug 201836 Carlton Avenue Aldwick PO21 3LR
Received 5 Mar 202625 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 20 Jul 201774 Pinehurst Park Aldwick PO21 3DZ
Received 2 Nov 202010 Springfield Pagham PO21 3LB
Received 5 May 2026Sack Lane Dairy Sack Lane Lidsey
Received 21 Aug 2014The Vicarage 33 Vicarage Lane East Preston BN16 2SP
Received 4 Nov 2014Travis Perkins Pier Road/New Road Littlehampton
Received 11 Dec 2008Florida Florida Road Ferring BN12 5PE
Received 10 Jun 201581 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2NW
Received 18 Feb 2011Rear of 22 Stocker Road Bognor Regis PO21 2QF
Received 20 Apr 2015Aldingbourne Country Centre Blackmill Lane Aldingbourne PO18 0JP
Received 13 Jun 20175 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 31 Dec 2020230 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HT
Received 10 Nov 2014Records 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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