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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
17,161 approved · 2,493 refused · 1,006 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
23 The Oaks Aldwick PO21 3AE
Received 9 Jul 201833 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 2 Feb 201521 South Drive Felpham PO22 7PY
Received 19 Jun 2019St Mary The Virgin Church Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PF
Received 5 Dec 2013Land adj to SWA pumping station Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RW
Received 3 Feb 2010Alma Place Lennox Street Bognor Regis PO21 1LZ
Received 10 Dec 2009The Gables South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 17 Jan 2013Franciscan Missionary Sisters St. Josephs Convent East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 2 Jan 2014Lansdowne Nursery Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 25 Jul 2011The Old Cottage Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 8 May 2017Ilex Cottage The Street Burpham BN18 9RJ
Received 9 Nov 2010The Black Horse Public House Climping Street Climping BN17 5RL
Received 29 Aug 2019Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 12 Sept 2019The Old Vicarage Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DA
Received 8 Feb 20215 Ivanhoe Place Felpham PO22 7QN
Received 30 Mar 2020Acorns Arundel Road Angmering Littlehampton BN16 4ET
Received 29 Oct 2018Manor Lodge 2A Cross Road Rustington BN16 2ST
Received 18 Aug 2015127 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HP
Received 1 Sept 2021Land at Greenside Former Grenyers Field Ferring
Received 19 Apr 2018Barnham Court Lodge Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 30 Dec 2014Seadown North Lane East Preston BN16 1HA
Received 23 Aug 2013Caigers Cottage Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3SQ
Received 9 Mar 2017Hm Coastguard Lookout Station The Promenade Littlehampton BN17 5LH
Received 21 Jun 20191 The Meadows Walberton BN18 0PB
Received 26 Nov 2019Records 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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