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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
17,734 approved · 2,596 refused · 1,036 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ryefields Farmhouse Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 3 Mar 2022Tudor Close Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NQ
Received 7 May 2021Rose Green Infant School Hawkins Close Bognor Regis PO21 3LW
Received 12 Sept 201423 Hawkins Close Aldwick PO21 3LW
Received 5 Aug 202192 Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0EW
Received 17 Apr 20193C Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9HP
Received 11 Nov 2013Old Granary Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 3 Jul 2026Fairway Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 28 Aug 201237 Carlton Avenue Aldwick PO21 3LR
Received 12 Jan 2018The Dairy House Home Farm Mill Road Arundel BN18 9PA
Received 24 Dec 20094 New Barn Lane Felpham PO22 8LP
Received 24 Nov 2014Land to the rear of 25 Peregrine Road fronting Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6DT
Received 19 Mar 2015Land West of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 22 Feb 2018Grange House Church Lane Ferring BN125HN
Received 14 Feb 20112 Strand Way Felpham PO22 7LH
Received 5 Jul 2018Skyview House Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NW
Received 21 Mar 2019The Body Shop Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7LT
Received 30 Nov 2009Pigeon House High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 19 Aug 2011Richmond House Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1RR
Received 16 Sept 202011 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JP
Received 5 Apr 2022Beachcroft Hotel Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 21 Sept 2020Chipperfield Westergate Street Westergate Chichester PO20 3QR
Received 20 Aug 2013Land East of Drove Lane Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 4 Dec 2020Land North of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 15 May 2015Records 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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