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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17,257 approved · 2,511 refused · 1,009 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hascombe 33 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 26 Jul 2018Former Bodyshop Offices Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7LR
Received 28 Apr 201438 Elmcroft Place Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3XL
Received 17 May 201723 Sandymount Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 9ET
Received 12 Jun 20151 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EL
Received 27 Sept 2010Pear Tree Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PY
Received 25 May 20129 Marshall Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2TH
Received 21 Jan 20119 Lennox Street Bognor Regis PO21 1LZ
Received 30 Mar 2010Mariners Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SF
Received 24 Sept 2018Unit A Rustington Retail Park New Road Rustington BN16 3RT
Received 4 Jan 2013Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 17 Apr 2025Millfield Rest Home 9 St Catherines Road Littlehampton BN17 5HS
Received 14 Feb 20128 Elm Farm Cottages Old Manor Road Rustington West Sussex BN16 3FD
Received 13 Aug 201837A The Croft Bognor Regis PO21 5TH
Received 3 May 201132-34 Fitzalan Road & 14-18 Church Street Littlehampton
Received 30 Jun 2010Land at Electricity Sub Station Ford Road Arundel BN18 9DX
Received 3 May 2022Perrys Orchard Lane Lyminster BN17 7GL
Received 23 May 2018Ryebank Lodge Gravetts Lane Climping BN17 5RF
Received 8 Apr 2020Formerly Westside Supplies Unit West of 17 & 18 Durban Road Bognor Regis PO22 9QT
Received 22 Mar 2018Land between 7 Weavers Ring and Apple Grove Car Port Angmering BN16 4NY
Received 3 Jan 202214 Herm Road Ferring BN12 5PS
Received 2 Feb 2017Barnham Community Hall Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 28 Jun 201838 Seaton Park Littlehampton BN17 7PF
Received 10 Dec 2019Arundel Vineyard Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 12 Sept 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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