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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
17,476 approved · 2,556 refused · 1,022 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Ferring Lane Ferring West Sussex BN12 6QT
Received 28 Mar 2017Tamarisk West Drive Aldwick PO21 4LZ
Received 30 Aug 2013Kingley Gate Development Littlehampton
Received 23 Apr 201837 Highland Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2BJ
Received 22 Feb 202154 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 14 Jan 202690 Downs Way East Preston BN16 1AF
Received 22 Nov 2010Land Adj to 9 Acorn End Aldwick PO21 4JA
Received 29 Apr 201311 Swallows Gate Angmering BN16 4QG
Received 1 Dec 202538 & 40 East Street and 35 Fitzalan Road Littlehampton BN17 6AN
Received 20 Feb 2017Open space bordered by Copeland Road, The Ridgeway and Minton Road Felpham PO22 6QL
Received 13 Oct 201732 St Richards Way Aldwick PO21 3BB
Received 13 Aug 2026The Manor House 12 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XE
Received 1 Jul 20193 Norfolk Place Littlehampton BN17 5PD
Received 8 Aug 2014Kents Farm House Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 26 Apr 202120 Brittens Cottages Brittens Lane Fontwell BN18 0ST
Received 1 Jun 20101 Nyewood Gardens The Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2UT
Received 17 Sept 2018Grove House Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 20 Oct 2017St Marys Church The Street Walberton BN18 9PB
Received 20 Nov 201379 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DP
Received 16 Jun 201423 Margaret Close ALDWICK PO21 3AA
Received 6 Jun 2017Ham Manor Golf Club Ltd West Drive Angmering BN16 4JE
Received 2 Sept 202046 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 18 Aug 2017Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 15 Jul 2014Turnpike Motors The Street Walbefrton BN18 0PG
Received 19 Feb 2018Records 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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