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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
16,384 approved · 2,337 refused · 965 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Part of Bognor Regis School Grounds off West Meads Road and Pevensey Road Bognor Regis
Received 1 Mar 20135 Arnhem Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LB
Received 26 May 202286 Annandale Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2EX
Received 6 Dec 2018Paddock House 44 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 9 Aug 20215 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 10 Aug 2018Former Waitrose Site Avon Road Littlehampton BN17 6AT
Received 20 Jan 2026Oldlands Way Bognor Regis PO22 9SA
Received 14 Nov 20122 Selborne Place Littlehampton BN17 5NH
Received 12 Oct 2011Land south of 34 Downview Close Yapton BN18 0LD
Received 3 Aug 2010Tars Farm Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 17 Sept 2014Land south of Ford Lane and East of North End Road Ford BN18 0DS
Received 27 Nov 2020Soldiers Field Stables Soldiers Field Lane Findon
Received 18 Nov 2010Mulberry Church Lane Ferring BN12 5HN
Received 8 Oct 2018Flat 2 31 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NU
Received 29 Jan 2021Meadow Cottage Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TS
Received 22 Jun 2015Site 6 Meadowskeep Phase 2 Land North of Felpham PO22
Received 29 Oct 201420 Gospond Road Barnham PO22 0EU
Received 5 Mar 2013Soldiers Field Stables Soldiers Field Lane Findon BN14 OSH
Received 5 Sept 2011The Twisted Pillar 127 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2NY
Received 15 Aug 2014Norfolk Arms Hotel, 22 High Street and rear of 20 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 4 Aug 201517 Windmill Drive Rustington BN16 3HL
Received 21 Nov 201827 Bonham Road Bersted PO21 5BP
Received 24 Aug 201729 Kingsmead Thornlea Park Littlehampton BN17 7QS
Received 21 Mar 201329 Links Avenue Felpham PO22 7BL
Received 16 Aug 2013Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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