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
17,041 approved · 2,463 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 4 42 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1ES
Received 24 Nov 2020The Old Stables Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 3 Jul 2012Broad Acres 12 East Drive Angmering BN16 4JH
Received 10 Nov 2014Ford Airfield Ford
Received 5 Nov 2018Wick Football Club Crabtree Park Coomes Way Littlehampton BN17 7LS
Received 7 Jul 2026Herons Farm Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 21 Feb 20131 Homing Gardens Bersted PO22 9AJ
Received 23 Oct 2019Mill House Croft Angmering Day Nursery Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 27 Jul 202137 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 18 Mar 2019Barnfield House Arundel Road Walberton BN18 0SD
Received 8 Oct 202527 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AA
Received 2 Aug 20173 The Oaks Rustington BN16 2UP
Received 4 Jan 2021Land at Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton
Received 11 Jul 202593 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7BQ
Received 8 Jan 201837 Chaucer Avenue Rustington Littlehampton BN16 2PQ
Received 16 Jul 2014Land East of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell Avenue Fontwell BN18 0SB
Received 26 Jul 2019Atherington House Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DE
Received 10 Sept 202533 Aldwick Avenue Aldwick PO21 3AQ
Received 7 Jan 2013Deans Yard Orchard Way Fontwell BN18 0SJ
Received 21 Aug 2014Flat 13 Madehurst Court Gloucester Road Littlehampton BN17 7BX
Received 27 Sept 201911 Grafton Avenue Felpham West Sussex PO22 6AR
Received 12 Feb 201010 Dove Court Sherwood Road Bognor Regis PO22 9TP
Received 5 Aug 20112 The Ridings Arundel Road Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SB
Received 30 Jul 201921 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 5 Apr 2013Records 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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