Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
18,865 approved · 2,801 refused · 1,074 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Barn Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 16 Sept 2020Unit 3 Land At Salt Box West of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 20 Jul 2021Windrush 2 Kingsway Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4DQ
Received 12 Feb 2013261 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QU
Received 22 May 2019The Lamb Inn The Square Angmering BN16 4EQ
Received 25 Nov 201138 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JR
Received 2 Sept 2021Rookery Park New Barn Lane North Bersted PO21 5DN
Received 6 Apr 20212 Seaton Close Littlehampton BN17 7LQ
Received 1 Nov 2012Rookwood Cypress Way Aldwick PO21 4DF
Received 31 Oct 201129 Buttermere Way Littlehampton BN17 6SX
Received 20 Apr 2012Hardy House 25 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 23 Aug 201816 Robins Drive Aldwick PO21 3BL
Received 27 Feb 2019To The Rear Of 5 Nyetimber Close Bognor Regis PO21 3HW
Received 9 Oct 20093 River Road Littlehampton
Received 4 Aug 200899 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AF
Received 21 May 2014Courtwick Lane Littlehampton
Received 7 Oct 201338 Rosemead Littlehampton BN17 6UH
Received 31 Jan 20111 Seabrook Close Aldwick PO21 3UT
Received 5 Jan 2026Climping Campsite Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 27 Sept 202167 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 19 Sept 2019The Ship Inn Aldwick Street Aldwick PO21 3AP
Received 2 Dec 2019Along north side of East Drive Angmering BN16 4JH
Received 6 Aug 2019Ryefields Farmhouse Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 27 Aug 2019Randall Cottage 111 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis
Received 18 May 2011Records 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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