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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
16,934 approved · 2,452 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Craigweil Lane Aldwick PO21 4XN
Received 3 Feb 201759 Singleton Crescent Ferring BN12 5DG
Received 24 Jun 201012 West Drive Ferring BN12 5QZ
Received 26 Oct 2018Land South of A259 & West of Mill Lane Rustington
Received 6 Aug 20141 Holly Tree Grove Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 20 Oct 2014New Place Farm 200 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ES
Received 11 May 201112 Pinehurst Park Rose Green Aldwick PO21 3DL
Received 24 Jul 2018Willows Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 22 Jun 201011 Broadmark Way Rustington BN16 2EY
Received 20 Dec 2014Berry House Berry Lane Littlehampton BN17 5HD
Received 5 Jan 201117 Boleyn Drive Pagham PO21 3LG
Received 14 Sept 201921 Bucksham Avenue Bersted PO21 5DT
Received 30 Apr 20175 Bernard Road Arundel BN18 9EP
Received 29 Jul 201917 Downing Close Aldwick PO21 5QG
Received 18 Mar 2019The White Hart 32 Surrey Street Littlehampton West Sussex BN17 5BH
Received 6 Feb 202012 Chawkmare Coppice Bognor Regis PO21 3SA
Received 22 May 20123 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JS
Received 25 Jul 20191 Merton Avenue Rustington BN16 2ED
Received 21 Jan 2015Norton Dairy Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 22 Feb 20218 Elm Farm Cottages Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3FD
Received 17 Dec 202520 Fish Lane Aldwick PO21 3AH
Received 12 Dec 2011Unit 4 Hawthorn Road Littlehampton BN17 7LA
Received 15 Jan 201913 Newtown Avenue Bersted PO21 5HS
Received 10 Jul 2015Kite Surf Centre and Cafe Kite Surf Centre and Cafe, Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 9 Apr 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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