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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
18,674 approved · 2,780 refused · 1,068 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nyetimber Mazda 33 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XH
Received 4 Oct 2013Woodcroft 27 Brook Lane Ferring BN12 5SD
Received 2 Mar 201144 Merryfield Crescent Angmering BN16 4DA
Received 13 Apr 2012Toddington House Toddington Lane Wick Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 22 Mar 20102 Roundstone Drive East Preston BN16 1EP
Received 18 Feb 2014Wayside Cottage Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 17 May 2021Downside Stable Lane Findon BN14 0RR
Received 18 May 2010Flint House Mulberry Hollow, West Drive Angmering BN16 4JB
Received 31 Jul 20093 Spencer Street Bognor Regis PO21 1AP
Received 30 Apr 2010The Royal Oak Public House Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5JF
Received 12 Oct 2018Church Cottage Church Lane Ferring BN12 5HG
Received 7 Feb 2012Blakes Mead Felpham Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22
Received 19 Jul 2013Land at Oldlands Farm Shripney Road Bognor Regis
Received 7 Jan 2008Crossbush Farm Shop Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QN
Received 24 Jul 2018Liseve Lodge 84 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 15 Nov 2020Princess Marina House 61 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JG
Received 22 Apr 2015Arlington The Thatchway Angmering BN16 4HJ
Received 19 Aug 202141 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 14 Jan 2015Police Station East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AR
Received 12 Oct 2026Sainsburys Superstore New Road Rustington BN16 3RT
Received 9 Feb 20175 Shannon Close Littlehampton BN17 6PR
Received 23 Aug 20211 Byron Road Rustington BN16 2NZ
Received 1 May 201534 Highview Road Eastergate PO20 3XB
Received 8 Oct 202124 Ramillies Gardens Bognor Regis PO22 7QH
Received 14 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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