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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18,674 approved · 2,780 refused · 1,068 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
70 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 15 Jun 2009Norton Farm House Norton Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3NH
Received 24 Apr 202011 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 22 Jun 2021Richmond House Arundel Road Walberton BN18 0QP
Received 2 Jul 201825 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HJ
Received 17 Jan 2011Woodlands Park House Woodlands Park Main Road Yapton BN18 0EZ
Received 14 Jan 201550 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 5 Aug 2009The Coach House 81 The Street Rustington
Received 16 Feb 20099 Meadow Way Aldwick PO21 4HG
Received 21 Nov 20199 Newhall Close Bognor Regis PO21 5RG
Received 4 Sept 2015Sunset Cottage 22 Roundle Avenue Felpham
Received 5 Nov 20088 Holmes Lane Rustington BN16 2QB
Received 10 Feb 2015Lane End Farmhouse Ancton Lane Middleton On Sea PO22 6NH
Received 9 Feb 2017Rumford Church Road Yapton BN18 0EW
Received 9 Jan 2013Lower Farm Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 16 Oct 2025Land to North of 68 Arundel Road Angmering
Received 2 Apr 2019Land between 49 & 51 Summerley Lane Felpham PO22 7LF
Received 5 Oct 20207 Somerset Road East Preston Littlehampton BN16 1BZ
Received 8 Sept 2010The Frys 14 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LA
Received 28 Oct 2009Area Adjacent Unit G Tokar Industrial Park Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 7 Dec 2010The Spires Springfield Close East Preston BN16 2SZ
Received 21 Apr 201756 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8EF
Received 14 Jun 2010Regis Court High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1HZ
Received 15 Mar 2018Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 9 Aug 2013Records 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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