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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
15,939 approved · 2,268 refused · 943 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Holding Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9NW
Received 16 Nov 2018Sales Suite ( Berkeley) Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 26 Apr 2013Rear of 276 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QH
Received 22 Jan 201927 Argyle Road Bognor Regis PO21 1DZ
Received 10 Apr 2026Flat 2, Jubilee House Aldingbourne Drive Crockerhill Aldingbourne PO18 0LQ
Received 18 Mar 201168 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4LL
Received 14 Aug 201986 Ancton Way Elmer PO22 6JP
Received 22 Sept 2026The Vinery Arundel Road Angmering BN18 9PY
Received 17 Aug 2017Kingsmead 43 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DL
Received 10 Apr 20173 The Estuary Littlehampton BN17 6NF
Received 20 Dec 20108 Nepcote Findon BN14 0SD
Received 12 Oct 2011Various locations within the Sea Estate Rustington
Received 6 Oct 2018Land to the East of Paddocks End 37 St. Osmund Road Ferring BN12 5LA
Received 23 May 201211 Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QU
Received 22 Sept 2026Manor House Park Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TJ
Received 22 Sept 2015Clymping Parish Church, Church Lane and Junction of Horsemere Green Lane and Wooldridge Walk, Climping BN17 5TB
Received 12 Mar 2014Land east of Tye Lane Walberton Arun
Received 23 Apr 2019Sunnymeade Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PA
Received 1 Mar 2018Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 5 Jul 2021Land at Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 28 May 202124 Toddington Park Littlehampton BN17 6JZ
Received 24 Aug 20153 Marine Drive West Bognor Regis PO21 2QA
Received 20 Aug 201359 King Street Arundel West Sussex BN18 9BN
Received 22 Nov 2012Land South of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 21 Jul 2020Records 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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