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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
18,491 approved · 2,762 refused · 1,066 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Grange Court Aldwick PO21 4XR
Received 7 May 202126 The Martlets Rustington BN16 2TY
Received 16 Aug 20132 Norfolk House Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HQ
Received 14 Feb 201119 Summerhill Drive Felpham PO22 6AL
Received 7 Feb 20217& 9 Norfolk Road Littlehampton
Received 27 Mar 200978 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6QE
Received 3 Apr 201844 Churchill Avenue West Meads Aldwick PO21 5PZ
Received 1 Mar 2018Central House 18 Waterloo Square Bognor Regis PO21 1SU
Received 4 Aug 201712 Downview Road Barnham PO22 0EG
Received 3 Sept 2009Land North of Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PD
Received 16 Mar 202225 Stewards Rise Arundel BN18 9ER
Received 23 Jun 2020Land North of & South of Railway Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7FR
Received 6 Dec 2017Howth House 33 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 16 Feb 2026Blakedene Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QF
Received 26 Oct 201042 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DB
Received 13 Mar 2013The Old Cottage Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 8 May 2017Bishop Tufnell C of E Junior & Infant School Pennyfields Felpham PO22 6BN
Received 5 Jun 201357 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2TQ
Received 4 Aug 201510 Old Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1DZ
Received 26 Jul 2017Rear of 25 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JR
Received 8 Feb 2019Ancton Barn Ancton Lane Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6NJ
Received 22 Feb 202227 Pilgrims Way Pagham PO21 3LF
Received 9 Feb 20191 Renoir Court Bognor Regis PO22 9AY
Received 12 Apr 2013Burpham Farmhouse The Street Burpham BN18 9RJ
Received 15 Sept 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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