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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
17,082 approved · 2,472 refused · 1,004 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Falling Foss West Walberton Lane Fontwell BN18 0QS
Received 10 Apr 2019Saxons 33 Hill Lane Barnham PO22 OBL
Received 12 Nov 2013Land East Of Toll Cottage Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 1 Oct 20186 Barbary Lane Ferring BN12 5JB
Received 12 Feb 202145 Sea Road East Preston BN16 3Q
Received 31 Jul 201310 Mariners Quay River Road Littlehampton BN17 5DA
Received 12 Aug 201520 The Parade Pagham PO
Received 22 Jan 201427 Walders Road Rustington
Received 28 Mar 2011Springmere 95 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 14 Jul 2020Land South of Hearnfield Road Littlehampton
Received 24 Nov 20105 Kithurst Close East Preston BN16 2TQ
Received 2 Mar 201094 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JY
Received 25 Apr 201840 Cudlow Avenue Rustington BN16 2HF
Received 14 Mar 202251 Falkland Avenue Littlehampton BN17 6AB
Received 19 Apr 201826 West Drive Ferring BN12 5QZ
Received 16 Mar 202217 Parkfield Avenue Aldwick PO21 3BW
Received 16 Apr 201824 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 25 Sept 2012The Holly Tree Public House The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 21 Nov 2012Dovecote, Hobbs Court Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 16 Nov 2017206 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AX
Received 23 Dec 2011Hoe Barn Cottage Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NS
Received 11 Sept 2015Part Garden to West of 9 Coastal Road East Preston BN16 1SJ
Received 3 Jul 2013Gull Point (formerly Sea Girt) Outram Road Felpham PO22 3AN
Received 13 Sept 20114 Craigweil Lane Aldwick PO21 4AN
Received 14 May 2017Records 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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