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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
20,645 approved · 3,155 refused · 1,175 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garage Compound Burchett Walk Bersted
Received 12 Jul 20172 Herm Road Ferring
Received 2 Jul 200732 Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QS
Received 9 Sept 2026Land South of Arundel Road Walberton BN180QP
Received 5 Oct 2020Land to East of Commonmead Barn Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 24 Mar 2026Former HRI Site Worthing Road Littlehampton
Received 21 Sept 2007Field House The Thatchway Angmering BN16 4HJ
Received 5 Oct 2010Adjacent to Greystoke Road Ferring BN12 5JL
Received 4 Oct 202158 Southdean Drive Middleton-on-Sea PO22 7TB
Received 26 Feb 2015Willowbank Cottages The Poplars Littlehampton BN17 6GZ
Received 30 Jul 20158 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 25 Oct 2011Fontwell Park, The Old Stables Vintage Inn Fontwell Avenue Eastergate BN18 0SY
Received 14 Dec 2018Tower House Havelock Close Bognor Regis PO22 7AX
Received 14 Jan 20114 Amberley Road Rustington BN16 2EE
Received 6 Jun 2008Barnham Windmill & Barnham Windmill House Yapton Road Barnham
Received 12 Feb 20072 The Croft East Preston BN16 1LF
Received 28 May 202038 Havelock Road Bognor Regis PO21 2HA
Received 21 Feb 202180 Beaumont Park Littlehampton BN17 6PH
Received 1 Feb 2021Nyton Stables & Land at Aldingbourne Farm Shop Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TU
Received 18 Jul 20122 Croft Cottages Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LS
Received 12 Feb 20215C Churchill Court The Street Rustington BN16 3DA
Received 27 Sept 20132 Wychwood Walk Aldwick PO21 4DP
Received 23 Apr 20106 Nelson Road Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 2RY
Received 3 Sept 2009Nyton Nursery Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UQ
Received 1 Aug 2019Records 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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