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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
16,338 approved · 2,331 refused · 959 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3EY
Received 13 Jan 202022 Evelyn Avenue Rustington BN16 2EJ
Received 25 Nov 201923 St Catherines Road Littlehampton BN17 5HR
Received 7 Apr 20193 Phones 39 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 4 Feb 201427 Chawkmare Coppice Chawkmare Coppice Bognor Regis PO21 3SA
Received 30 Mar 2021Tumbley Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SF
Received 24 Oct 20253 Seabrook Close Aldwick PO21 3UT
Received 15 Jan 2026Land adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Aldingbourne PO20 3SU
Received 8 May 2026First and second floorfFlat 6 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8BG
Received 12 Jan 2026Lawnswood Dark Lane Aldwick PO21 4AJ
Received 7 Feb 20187 Webb Close Pagham PO21 4XB
Received 16 Jun 2011Wickbourne Swan Clun Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7EQ
Received 17 Aug 2011North East Craigweil Beds Opposite 61 Craigweil Lane Aldwick
Received 18 Nov 2014Eaton Lodge 2 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LS
Received 11 Jul 201110 Gunwin Court Aldwick PO21 4BW
Received 10 Dec 2017The Water Tower 16 Craigweil Manor Aldwick PO21 4DJ
Received 8 Oct 20183 Woodford Villas High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 31 Jul 2019Clarendon House Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 8 Feb 20199/11 Beach Road (second floor) Littlehampton BN17 5HZ
Received 30 Jun 2014175 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HT
Received 13 Mar 2017202 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HW
Received 4 May 2018The Barn Station Road Lyminster BN18 9PH
Received 3 Jun 202184 Linden Road Bognor Regis PO21 2BD
Received 19 Feb 201512 Cornwall Road Littlehampton BN17 6EE
Received 10 Aug 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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