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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18,778 approved · 2,793 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Watermead Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BQ
Received 6 Aug 2013Ford Storage Depot Ford Road Ford BN18 0BH
Received 21 Jul 201488 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JP
Received 21 Jan 2022Chandos Elm Grove Bognor Regis PO21 2SW
Received 12 Feb 2019Robinswood The Street Patching
Received 20 Aug 200861 Chaucer Avenue Rustington
Received 18 May 201142 Rose Green Road Bognor Regis PO21 3EP
Received 24 Jan 2014Franklands Manor 48 Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 4 Mar 2021SEE BR/36/19/L Culver Cottage 37 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2LN
Received 21 Jan 2019Clytha Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BA
Received 19 Nov 201331 Ancton Way Bognor Regis PO22 6JP
Received 24 Oct 2014Land To North And South Of Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 1 Jun 20207 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5ND
Received 1 Dec 202016 Bond Street Arundel BN18 9BL
Received 6 Aug 2018The White House Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UR
Received 1 Dec 20256B Limmard Way Bognor Regis PO22 7NH
Received 3 Dec 201337 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 24 Mar 2022Well House Climping Street Climping BN17 5RQ
Received 13 Aug 2009Land West of Nyton Road Aldingbourne PO20 3UP
Received 25 Nov 2009Land off Mill Road Car Park Mill Road Arundel
Received 8 Jan 2009Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane BN16 4AX
Received 23 Sept 20202 New Cottages Shripney Road Aldingbourne PO22 9PF
Received 31 Oct 2011Brookland Villa Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9LN
Received 11 Mar 2021Land at Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 21 Feb 2022Records 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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