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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
17,919 approved · 2,629 refused · 1,045 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Parcel of Land 254 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 19 Dec 2025Aldingbourne Country Centre Blackmill Lane Aldingbourne PO18 0JP
Received 9 Mar 2017Herne Farm House 2 Park Drive Rustington BN16 3DZ
Received 29 Apr 20221 Lichfield Gardens Aldwick PO21 3RA
Received 9 Aug 20112 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TJ
Received 19 Oct 20121 Regency Court Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5HP
Received 8 May 2012Merrydown Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RP
Received 8 Jun 202133 Hill Lane Barnham PO22 0BL
Received 1 Jun 2020Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 6 Apr 2018Land at LEC Refrigeration site Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NQ
Received 5 Mar 20125 Meadow Park East Preston BN16 1EG
Received 28 May 201481A The Fairway Bognor Regis PO21 4EX
Received 12 Jul 20121 Knightscroft Close Rustington BN16 2RY
Received 11 Jan 2018Courtlands North Drive Angmering BN16 4JJ
Received 17 May 2010The Southdown 133 Felpham Way Bognor Regis PO22 8QI
Received 18 Sept 2014Angmering Manor High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 9 Jan 20142 Fastnet Way Littlehampton BN17 6PW
Received 1 Sept 2011Byfields & Nightingale Cottage Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3US
Received 6 Jul 202021 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5PA
Received 10 Apr 2019Land between 6/7 and 17 West View Drive Yapton
Received 23 Apr 2009Aldingbourne Community Sports Centre Olivers Meadow Westergate
Received 8 Jun 2009Land South of A259 & West of Mill Lane Rustington
Received 6 Aug 2014Felpham Sailing Club 21 Blakes Road Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 7EE
Received 20 Nov 2012Craigweil Manor Flats The Drive Aldwick PO21 4AP
Received 3 Mar 2010Records 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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