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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
17,840 approved · 2,617 refused · 1,043 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North of Water Lane Angmering
Received 29 Mar 2022The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 8 Jan 20109-11 Water Tower Buildings London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PN
Received 19 Sept 2019Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 20 Nov 201942 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8NF
Received 19 Feb 2018Corner Lodge 13 Copse View East Preston BN16 1AY
Received 1 Jul 20104 Normandy Lane East Preston BN16 1LZ
Received 11 Mar 2020The Claremont Scott Street Bognor Regis PO21 1UH
Received 4 Mar 2018The Old Piggery The Street Climping BN17 5RG
Received 21 Feb 201714 Dukes Road Fontwell BN18 0SP
Received 10 Aug 20103 Knightscroft Avenue Rustington BN16 2HN
Received 1 Apr 2014Longacre Bungalow Maypole Lane Yapton BN18 0DR
Received 7 Apr 2011Pip Pen and House not complete yet (Plot 2) Fontwell Avenue Fontwell PO20 3RU
Received 3 Jun 2026Fox Rough Selden Lane Patching
Received 27 May 20113 Hazelmead Drive East Preston BN16 1LB
Received 29 Apr 2022The Old Barn Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LL
Received 17 Jan 201211 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DR
Received 12 Nov 202028 Appletree Walk Climping BN17 5QN
Received 4 Jan 2010Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Bognor Regis
Received 16 Mar 2018Mews House London Road Arundel BN18 9BH
Received 7 Feb 201927A Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1NH
Received 30 Jun 20217 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AA
Received 3 Mar 2022The Corner House Station Road Rustington BN16 3AF
Received 13 Apr 201030 Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 16 May 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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