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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
16,147 approved · 2,304 refused · 949 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3BU
Received 4 Feb 20131 Alexander Avenue Angmering BN16 4PQ
Received 14 Jan 2021Downside Stable Lane Findon BN14 0RR
Received 21 Mar 2011Land adjacent to 46 Sea Lane Middleton on Sea PO22 7RX
Received 21 Feb 201923 Addison Way Bognor Regis PO22 9HY
Received 18 Jul 201129 The Poplars Ferring BN12 5QL
Received 10 Oct 201322 Felpham Way Bognor Regis PO22 8QT
Received 6 Nov 2012A The Paddock 34 Northfields Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3UH
Received 16 Jul 2018Redundant Farm Buildings (South Lane Barn) South Lane Houghton BN18 9LN
Received 1 Feb 2011Richmond Lodge Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NP
Received 6 Aug 2010Land West of Church Lane & South of Horsemere Green Lane Climping
Received 3 Nov 2025Land off Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BJ
Received 30 Jun 2021Woodland adj to Cowdray Drive Rustington BN16 3SJ
Received 5 Aug 202128 Alfriston Close Felpham PO22 6QB
Received 15 Dec 2011Land north of Felpham Felpham Bognor Regis
Received 4 Jul 2012Flat 1 5 Waterloo Square Bognor Regis
Received 17 Jun 2014Windmill Cottage 275 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 14 Jan 2018Flat 3 Wilbury House 45 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JG
Received 17 Nov 2011Land To North And South Of Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 6 Nov 2020Kenmore Guest House Claigmar Road Rustington BN16 2NL
Received 27 Aug 202112 Margaret Close Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 11 Nov 202534 Mansfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 9HB
Received 7 Jun 2013Land at Sheepwash Farm Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TT
Received 19 May 20112 The Street East Preston BN16 1JJ
Received 1 Jun 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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