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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17,082 approved · 2,472 refused · 1,004 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Oaktree Close Bognor Regis PO21 3PN
Received 15 Jul 201434 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 5 Nov 2025Land East Of Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 9 Mar 2022The Gables High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 31 Jul 201717 Preston Paddock Rustington BN16 2BJ
Received 15 May 2018Westergate House Denmans Lane Westergate House BN18 0SU
Received 31 May 20196 and 7 West View Drive Yapton BN18 0JR
Received 29 Jan 202054 Courtwick Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7NP
Received 16 Jun 20119 The Causeway Arundel BN18 9JJ
Received 15 Dec 2014Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 23 Jun 202041 Downview Road Felpham
Received 4 May 201119-23 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5AY
Received 29 Jan 2010Verge outside 29 The Parkway Rustington BN16 2BT
Received 9 Jan 202638 Wychwood Close Aldwick PO21 4DW
Received 31 May 2019Nursery Fields Land to the North of Chalcraft Lane West Bersted PO21 5TS
Received 22 Oct 202533 Old Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1DJ
Received 25 Jan 20227 Hunters Mews Walberton BN18 0UW
Received 31 Jul 2020Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering
Received 17 Jul 20141 Sunnyside Cottages Flax Mean Felpham PO22 8RB
Received 17 Aug 2021Unit W, Rudford Industrial Estate Ford Road Ford BN18 0BD
Received 19 Jul 2019Land North of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 26 Aug 202654 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 21 Dec 2021Fleurie Nursery Church Lane Eastergate
Received 2 Mar 201112 Aldbourne Drive Bognor Regis PO21 4NE
Received 5 May 2010Records 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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