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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
16,006 approved · 2,288 refused · 947 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Haven Church Farm Holiday Village Church Lane Bognor Regis PO21 4NR
Received 26 Mar 20261-7 Canada Road Arundel BN18 9HZ
Received 25 Aug 20211 West Drive Aldwick PO21 4LZ
Received 30 Nov 2012East Preston Infants School Lashmar Road East Preston BN16 1EZ
Received 2 May 2017Land at Phase 1A Oldlands Farm Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 13 Jul 2020Toddington House Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 7 Aug 201324 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HQ
Received 12 Mar 2026Knightscroft House Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RT
Received 26 Sept 201229 Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3EU
Received 21 Apr 201742 Cornwall Road Littlehampton BN17 6EQ
Received 12 Apr 20223 Hook Lane Close Pagham PO21 3UP
Received 5 Dec 2017155 Nyetimber Lane Bognor Regis PO21 3HS
Received 18 Jul 2014Northwood Farm Burndell Road Clymping BN18 0HR
Received 8 Dec 20201 Willow Brook Wick Littlehampton BN17 7NW
Received 22 Apr 20131 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 17 Nov 2021Elm Cottage 30 The Street Rustington BN16 3NX
Received 2 Jan 2019Land adjacent to 4 Beechlands Cottages & 4 Beechlands Cottages Beechlands Close East Preston BN16 1JT
Received 1 Mar 201725 Aldwick Gardens Aldwick PO21 3QT
Received 12 Aug 2015Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 24 Apr 2020Hook Lane Pagham Road Arun PO21 3PD
Received 4 Apr 20222a Blakes Road Felpham PO22 7EB
Received 26 Apr 20185 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EL
Received 2 Feb 2022Lagnersh House, Annexe Lower Bognor Road Pagham PO20 1LW
Received 27 Sept 2019Highdown Nursery, Fencing Supplier Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PG
Received 11 Oct 2021Records 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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