Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
18,149 approved · 2,687 refused · 1,053 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DS
Received 7 Sept 201820 Colts Bay Bognor Regis PO21 4EH
Received 13 Nov 202053 Homewood Findon
Received 7 Apr 200923 The Crescent Rustington BN16 2PE
Received 29 Sept 20146 Hawley Road Rustington BN16 2QD
Received 19 Sept 20183 Seacourt Close Bognor Regis PO21 4RD
Received 8 Jan 2018Land north of Yapton C of E Primary North End Road Yapton BN8 0DU
Received 3 Feb 202058 Olivers Meadow Westergate PO20 3YA
Received 25 Jun 2015Priory Cottage Poling Street Poling BN18 9PS
Received 2 Jul 202192 Harbour View Road Bognor Regis PO21 4RH
Received 12 Apr 2012226 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 20 Oct 2025Land at junction of Beech Road & Elm Rise Findon
Received 20 Dec 2010Bartons Primary School Lethaby Road Bersted PO21 5EJ
Received 17 May 20176 Trundle View Close Barnham PO22 0JZ
Received 9 Jun 2015Hatpins Avisford Park Road Walberton BN18 0AP
Received 21 Mar 2013Rustington Retail Park, Unit A New Road Rustington BN16 3RT
Received 8 Jan 201938 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7SA
Received 3 Jun 2021Land at Aldingbourne Farm Shop Nyton Road Aldingbourne
Received 30 Jun 201451 Highcroft Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 8DJ
Received 23 Jun 20264 The Midway Bognor Regis PO22 7EZ
Received 7 Jul 201451 Kingsway (Jesters) Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4DN
Received 5 Mar 2011Merry Meats Main Road Yapton
Received 15 Sept 2010Westend High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 13 Aug 2014Ashogle & Brookview Nursery Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 18 Oct 2012Records 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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