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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
15,834 approved · 2,248 refused · 935 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Morrisons Hawthorn Road Littlehampton BN17 7LR
Received 31 Jul 20151 Stanbrok Close Bognor Regis PO21 3SN
Received 21 Aug 2014Land rear of Swan Court Pine Close Westergate PO20 3AE
Received 12 Jun 201414 Roundle Road Felpham PO22 8NL
Received 11 Jun 2026Aldwick Farm Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 3RN
Received 11 May 202011 Surrey Street Arundel BN18 9DT
Received 14 Apr 20219 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NN
Received 23 Feb 2011Land at Lineside Industrial Estate Northwest of Unit 26 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 5LF
Received 21 Aug 2019Land off Burndell Road Yapton
Received 21 Apr 2021119 Nyetimber Lane Bognor Regis PO21 3HN
Received 25 Mar 2013Aldingbourne Cottage Rest Home Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QR
Received 25 Jul 2018Haskins Roundstone By Pass Angmering BN16 4BD
Received 13 Sept 2012252 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UP
Received 1 Mar 20217 Summerley Close Rustington BN16 3TU
Received 25 Mar 202652 Lane End Road Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6LT
Received 23 Mar 202163 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8LT
Received 11 Jul 2018Premier Inn Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 1EB
Received 24 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Malmaynes Strange Garden Estate Dark Lane Aldwick
Received 23 Jun 201419 Marquis Way Bognor Regis PO21 4AT
Received 2 Sept 2013Elbridge Farm Bersted
Received 25 Apr 202214 Normans Drive Felpham PO22 8LW
Received 23 Aug 201818 Glenville Road Rustington BN16 2EA
Received 10 Dec 20193 Vernon Close Rustington BN16 2HR
Received 10 May 2012Land adjacent to Crunchy Cottage Park Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TJ
Received 4 Sept 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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