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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
18,778 approved · 2,793 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard House Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 28 Nov 201911 Ferring Marine Ferring BN12 5PP
Received 20 Jul 2020Tortington House Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 27 Apr 2020Merrymead 3 Cottrell Close Angmering BN16 4AZ
Received 16 Mar 20103 Fairlands East Preston BN16 1HS
Received 29 Jul 200942 Rose Green Road Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 3EP
Received 28 May 2013Express Supplies, Unit B Dominion Way Rustington BN16 3HQ
Received 10 Oct 20148 Stable Field Middleton on Sea PO22 6LD
Received 7 Jun 2017Unit 50 & Unit 51 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 7 Aug 20174 Homelands Avenue East Preston BN16 1PS
Received 5 May 201531 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2AY
Received 19 Mar 2018220 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 20 Jun 201326 Wentworth Close Barnham PO22 0HS
Received 3 Mar 2021New Circular Technology Park Former Ford Blockworks Ford Airfield Industrial Estate Ford BN18 OHY
Received 22 Nov 2013Butlins Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JJ
Received 10 Jul 2014Thatched Barn Station Road East Preston BN16 3AR
Received 21 Dec 200951 Carlton Avenue Rose Green PO21 3LP
Received 5 Jul 201952 Minton Road Felpham PO22 7JX
Received 30 Jan 20186 Sackville Gardens Barnham PO22 0DJ
Received 9 Jul 201844 Jubilee Avenue Rustington BN16 3NB
Received 11 Jan 2013Corner of West Street/Scott Street Bognor Regis PO21 1UH
Received 14 Sept 2014Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 8 Jun 2026Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road Rustington BN16 2LZ
Received 3 Jan 20188 Holmdale Eastergate PO20 3AA
Received 27 Jul 2021Records 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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