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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20,645 approved · 3,155 refused · 1,175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Former Ship Inn Aldwick Street Aldwick PO21 3AP
Received 16 Aug 201929 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3SA
Received 27 Jan 2021Land rear of Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 11 Mar 201571 High Street Findon
Received 5 Feb 2009The Old School House 4 Scholars Row Barnham
Received 15 Apr 2011Easter Cottage, Norton Dairy, Cart Barn East Barn & The Old Stables Old Dairy Lane/Norton Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3AF
Received 21 Mar 2014Unit 2, Phoenix Terrace Artex Avenue Rustington BN16 3LN
Received 18 Nov 2013Woodstock The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 25 Sept 2013Stoneybrook Farm Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 13 Feb 2026Church House Church Lane Yapton
Received 6 Oct 2008Hungerdown Barn Brittens Lane Fontwell BN18 0ST
Received 2 Jan 200869 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HJ
Received 1 Dec 2011Natwest 60 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1FB
Received 2 Jun 201479 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AB
Received 12 Feb 20151 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 1 Oct 202132 Norbren Avenue Bersted PO21 5HE
Received 7 Oct 2020Angmering Manor Hotel High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 16 Nov 2009Cocoa Cottage 6 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4LA
Received 28 Feb 2022Ashurst Binsted Lane Binsted BN18 0LP
Received 11 May 201023 Wychwood Close and 39 Kingsway Craigweil Bognor Regis PO21 4DW
Received 26 Nov 20147 St Georges Gardens Aldwick Land at West Meads PO21 5SN
Received 19 Mar 2019Angmering Manor High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 29 May 201543 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 9 Dec 201354 Parkside Avenue Littlehampton BN17 6BQ
Received 9 Jun 2015Records 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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