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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
16,085 approved · 2,296 refused · 947 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Farm Holiday Village Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NR
Received 13 Jan 2014Littlehampton Skate Park Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 23 Apr 2019Chandos Elm Grove Bognor Regis PO21 2SW
Received 31 Oct 20195 Badgers Walk Angmering BN16 4DJ
Received 21 Jul 2020Dormice 28a Manor Road East Preston
Received 23 May 2011Communal area adjacent to Woodlands Avenue Rustington
Received 1 Mar 202229 Frobisher Way Rustington BN16 2BB
Received 8 May 2018Springfield House Springfield Close Rustington BN16 2SZ
Received 7 Aug 201848 Corbishley Road Bognor Regis PO22 9HS
Received 2 Jun 20115 Crescenta Walk Bognor Regis PO21 2YA
Received 12 Mar 2012Argyll House 1 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 1 Nov 20188 Payne Close Pagham PO21 4QA
Received 22 Apr 2014Land East of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 24 Sept 201963 Beaconsfield Road Littlehampton BN17 6LN
Received 16 Nov 201718 Hunters Mews Fontwell BN18 0UW
Received 17 Nov 2010Former Poultry Farm Land West of Yapton Road Middleton-on-sea PO22 6DY
Received 4 Nov 2025Hazel Dean Charnwood Road Bersted PO22 9DU
Received 12 Jul 20208 West Drive Bognor Regis PO22 7TS
Received 10 Nov 2020The Royal Oak Public House Chichester Road Bognor Regis P021 5JF
Received 15 Jan 202153 Lyminster Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7LF
Received 25 Apr 201333 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 24 Apr 2014Land to the Rear of 1 The Heathers Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4LE
Received 27 Feb 202014 Aldwick Place Aldwick PO21 4AB
Received 9 Jun 202039 Lindsey Court Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 8JQ
Received 18 May 2026Records 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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