Understanding planning · 13 min read
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16,384 approved · 2,337 refused · 965 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Pinewood Close East Preston BN16 1HF
Received 20 Jul 2012The Old Barn Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LL
Received 14 Aug 2012Land south of New Road (A259) & East of Brook Lane Angmering
Received 18 Jan 20177 Madehurst Court Gloucester Road Littlehampton BN17 7BX
Received 14 Nov 201768 Hatherleigh Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 5HY
Received 17 Apr 20159 Shirley Close Bognor Regis PO21 4QU
Received 9 Jun 201321 Worthing Road Rustington BN16 3JU
Received 2 Dec 202063 Downveiw Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 29 Oct 202139 West Drive Ferring
Received 24 Jan 201146 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TQ
Received 11 Dec 201388 Westminster Drive Bognor Regis PO21 3RE
Received 25 Nov 201184 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PW
Received 21 Jan 2020Delawarr House, Flat 1 144 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PA
Received 10 Jun 2019Verge outside to front of 67 Outerwyke Road
Received 11 Jul 2011Sussex Recovery Company Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 14 Apr 20227 Aldwick Avenue Aldwick PO21 3AQ
Received 3 Oct 201451 Lansdowne Road Littlehampton BN17 6JG
Received 19 Apr 2018Beaumaris, Stapleford & Holyrood Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2RS
Received 21 Nov 201319 Old Point Middleton-on-Sea Bognor Regis PO22 7RY
Received 6 Aug 2012Skate Park Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 23 Sept 202532 Westmoreland Drive Bognor Regis PO22 8NA
Received 2 Apr 20156 Longback Cottages Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JT
Received 17 May 201773 Colebrook Road Wick BN17 7NU
Received 31 Mar 202611 The Drive East Preston BN16 1QH
Received 24 Jul 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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