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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
17,521 approved · 2,571 refused · 1,022 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kents Yard Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QT
Received 29 Jun 201834 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4LF
Received 23 Sept 201935 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JH
Received 30 Oct 2018Former Waitrose Site Avon Road Littlehampton BN17 6AT
Received 9 Jan 2026Two Ways Avisford Park Road Walberton BN18 0AP
Received 11 Feb 2011Land to South of Garage Compound Sutherland Close Rustington
Received 21 Dec 2021Woodlands Park Main Road Yapton BN18 0EZ
Received 11 Jul 2012Swallowshaw The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 18 Aug 2015Seagull House, Ground Floor 45 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LW
Received 28 Jun 20189A Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 12 Jun 2013Land adjacent to Sefter School House Sefter Road Bognor Regis PO21 3EE
Received 27 Dec 2019Gateway Lodge Felpham Road Bognor Regis
Received 18 Nov 20103 Marine Parade Bognor Regis PO21 2LT
Received 8 Dec 2014Rising Sun 349 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AN
Received 8 Mar 2012Land North of Hunters Lodge Lyminster Road Littlehampton BN17 7PS
Received 23 Feb 2011The Bungalow Southdown Nursery Old Mead Road Littlehampton BN17 7PU
Received 14 Nov 2017Land West Of Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 17 Nov 202013 Sussex Street Littlehampton BN17 6JD
Received 16 Oct 201716 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4BZ
Received 16 Feb 20159 Willow Way Aldwick PO21 4NA
Received 17 Sept 200914 Coastal Road Kingston BN16 1SY
Received 27 May 202015 The Walkway Angmering BN16 4BF
Received 6 Mar 20171 The Cottrells Angmering BN16 4AF
Received 27 Sept 20173 Ely Gardens Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 3RY
Received 5 Dec 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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