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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
17,341 approved · 2,528 refused · 1,016 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vine Cottage 1 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5EL
Received 11 Dec 2020Little Drewston Canons Close Bognor Regis PO21 4EB
Received 19 Oct 20182 & 4 Broadmark Lane & 18 Vernon Close Rustington BN16 2NN
Received 10 Mar 2011Toddington House Toddington Lane Wick Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 11 Nov 20103 Westlands Rustington
Received 29 Jun 201141 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5PU
Received 6 Oct 202610 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 13 Jul 2018Garage Premises Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 19 Mar 2019Asda Ferring Superstore Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 2 Feb 201846 Sea Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RX
Received 13 Jul 2020Brenlara Roundstone By Pass Angmering BN16 4BD
Received 20 Dec 201810 Harefield Road Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6EB
Received 15 Jan 2018Riversong 19C River Road Arundel BN18 9EY
Received 2 Jul 2020158 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2EY
Received 21 Oct 201126A Eagles Chase Littlehampton BN17 7RF
Received 21 Dec 2010The Poor House 5 Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 7 Feb 2014Barnham Court Lodge Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 19 Aug 20142 Old Farm Close Aldwick PO21 4AX
Received 1 Oct 2021Troon 59 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LY
Received 17 Jun 2013Land at Wicks Farm South of Ford Lane Ford BN18 0HY
Received 1 Nov 201057 Kingsway Craigweil Bognor Regis PO21 4DN
Received 18 Nov 2013Lidl Foodstore Land at Phase 1a Oldlands Farm Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 29 Jun 2020Land opposite Wepham Farm Barn Wepham The Street BN18 9RA
Received 27 Jun 2011Harbour House 61 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BJ
Received 5 Apr 2011Records 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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