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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
17,257 approved · 2,511 refused · 1,009 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Verge of junction of 89 The Fairway and The Ridings Aldwick PO21 4BX
Received 31 Oct 201742 Pinehurst Park Aldwick PO21 3DX
Received 12 Feb 201522 Pembroke Way Aldwick PO21 5PX
Received 9 Jan 202145 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5EJ
Received 26 May 201034 Carlton Avenue Aldwick PO21 3LR
Received 12 Mar 2020107 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QB
Received 28 Feb 2022Flat 1 Laburnum Court Sea Lane Gardens Ferring BN12 5EW
Received 11 Apr 2017White Cottage 32 King Street Arundel BN18 9BW
Received 8 Mar 2021Seascape 64 Sea Way Middleton on Sea PO22 7SA
Received 12 Feb 2014Tradewinds 7 Arun Way Bognor Regis PO21 4HF
Received 1 May 2015Castle View Cottages Crown Yard 25 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 17 Dec 201061 Linnet Close Littlehampton BN17 7GW
Received 22 Mar 202112 Mallard Crescent Pagham P021 4UU
Received 9 Feb 2021The Paddock 37 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 20 Oct 2010Land North of Water Lane Angmering
Received 30 Nov 20219 Ferring Marine Ferring BN12 5PP
Received 3 Feb 2015Burpham Farmhouse The Street Burpham BN18 9RT
Received 2 Feb 201219 Hazel Road Angmering BN16 4FR
Received 14 Jul 2021Land at Wren Cottage Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 2 Dec 2020Littlehampton Sportsfield St Floras Road Littlehampton BN17 6BD
Received 30 Sept 202611 Chesswood Avenue Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 6AX
Received 20 Aug 2013Longreach Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 30 Apr 2012Mount Coline High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 18 Mar 2014Former Windroos Nursery Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LY
Received 22 Jan 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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