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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
20,860 approved · 3,200 refused · 1,192 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Verge outside 44 & 46 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DN
Received 31 May 2019111 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HB
Received 24 Mar 202278 The Drive Bognor Regis
Received 3 Apr 200818 Tasman Close Rustington BN16 2BD
Received 6 Mar 2018Walberton Park The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 4 Feb 2022Land South Of Wandleys Lane Eastergate PO20 3SE
Received 22 Jun 20266 New Barn Lane Felpham
Received 17 Oct 20081 The Steyne Bognor Regis PO21 1TY
Received 19 Aug 2011117 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RU
Received 10 May 2021The House on the Bend 15 Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1NH
Received 11 Jul 201440 Norbren Avenue Bersted PO21 5HE
Received 7 Feb 201928 Rose Green Road Bognor Regis PO21 3EP
Received 25 Mar 2011Cheval De Mer 3 Culver Road Felpham PO22 7EF
Received 7 Sept 2021Alafin Nyton Road Aldigbourne PO20 3TA
Received 11 May 20221A Brewery Hill Arundel BN18 9DQ
Received 17 Jun 2026Holmwood Town Cross Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2DR
Received 21 Jul 200948 The Meadows Walberton BN18 0PB
Received 19 Apr 201837 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5EG
Received 28 Apr 2026Bevin and Bevin River Road Arundel BN18 9DH
Received 10 Jun 20155 Grangefield Way Grange Park Aldwick
Received 17 Jul 200894 Harbour Road Bognor Regis PO21 4TD
Received 14 Jun 2011Elm Lodge Tamarisk Way Ferring BN12 5ER
Received 14 Aug 2020St Helier Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 15 Nov 20112 Purbeck Place Littlehampton BN17 5DP
Received 28 Sept 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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