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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17,840 approved · 2,617 refused · 1,043 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Orchard Way Fontwell BN18 0SH
Received 3 Dec 2017Charleston 25 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 17 Sept 2012St Martins 3 Irvine Road Littlehampton BN17 5LA
Received 14 Jul 2021Little Box Cottage The Green Walberton BN18 0AT
Received 6 Oct 20092 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NQ
Received 9 Jul 2014Land south of Cornfield Close Littlehampton BN17 6LD
Received 24 Sept 202123 Grange Court Aldwick PO21 4XR
Received 28 Nov 2019Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 12 Nov 202094 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RH
Received 17 Mar 201517 Park Drive Yapton BN18 0JF
Received 12 Apr 201836 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EW
Received 22 Feb 20227 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QJ
Received 14 Apr 2017140 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HX
Received 12 Jun 201767 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RH
Received 3 Nov 2025Pond House 4 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NH
Received 14 Feb 201123 Pinewood Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 2XB
Received 16 Oct 2025Hobbs Court Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 28 Oct 20131 Marsh House The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 8 Jun 2020Rookstone Shripney Road Bognor Regis
Received 1 Nov 20104 Ferring Close Ferring BN12 5QT
Received 23 Nov 2012Land North of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 12 Nov 2019Land between Barnham Road & Eastergate Lane Eastergate
Received 23 Feb 2015Cherry Tree Cottage Babasham Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5EL
Received 22 Feb 201156 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5LG
Received 4 Sept 2017Records 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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