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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
16,437 approved · 2,347 refused · 966 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HZ
Received 4 May 201723 Greenacres Ring Angmering BN16 4BU
Received 23 Jan 2017Land at Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 20 Feb 202615 Southwark Walk Aldwick PO21 3RR
Received 10 Feb 2021Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Bognor Regis
Received 22 Jun 2018Shannock Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 1 Oct 2012Rear of 20-50 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JS
Received 31 Jul 2017101 Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0EQ
Received 16 Feb 2026Yeomans Peugeot Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 4 Jun 20154 Hawthorn Road Littlehampton
Received 5 Oct 201880 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DE
Received 2 Jun 2021131 The Street (Lloyds TSB) Rustington BN16 3DW
Received 15 Nov 2010Spencer Terrace 45-47 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis
Received 28 Aug 2015Tudor Lodge 125A Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NX
Received 30 Aug 20185 Meadow Park East Preston BN16 1EG
Received 20 Oct 2021Land adjacent to Bognor Regis Station Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QF
Received 26 Dec 202567 Conbar Avenue Rustington BN16 3LZ
Received 21 Jun 20176 Andrew Avenue Felpham PO22 7QS
Received 1 Aug 2017B & Q Plc, Arun Retail Park Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NF
Received 5 Dec 2012Tall trees High street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 10 Jun 20205 Pryors Lane Aldwick PO21 4JU
Received 24 Jun 20207 Holmes Way Littlehampton
Received 15 Mar 20176 The Loop Felpham PO22 7ND
Received 22 May 2026Craig Rock Cottage 28 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 14 Jan 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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