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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
21,210 approved · 3,276 refused · 1,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Tree House Wandleys Lane Walberton BN18 0QR
Received 9 Apr 201856 East Front Road Pagham PO21 4ST
Received 15 Dec 2010Units 5 & 6 (11) Babsham Farm Babsham Lane North Bersted PO21 5EL
Received 5 Nov 2009Elm Tree Stores Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UP
Received 19 Jul 2018128 Collyer Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5HX
Received 26 Apr 201760 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LG
Received 5 May 201772 The Winter Knoll Littlehampton BN17 6NQ
Received 9 Dec 2010Peach Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 22 Nov 201215-17 Marine Drive West Bognor Regis PO21 2QA
Received 2 Apr 2026Stitches And Frames The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 13 Sept 2021Bognor Lawn Tennis Club Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2TY
Received 11 Nov 2014Ashton Manor Hursing Home 104 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PD
Received 8 Feb 2013Springfield Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 8 Jul 2021Ryebank Lodge Grevatts lane Climping BN17 5RF
Received 17 Mar 20211 Densihale Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 3SE
Received 20 Feb 2012Thomas Cottage 104 The Splash Wepham BN18 9RG
Received 10 May 201012 Merry End Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DP
Received 21 Jun 201825 Pyrford Close Pagham
Received 17 Jan 2008Woodgate Centre Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 7 May 20267 Canada Grove Bognor Regis PO21 1DW
Received 1 Feb 2022The Old Poorhouse 5 Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 2 Mar 201045 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NH
Received 28 May 20126 Kithurst Close East Preston BN16 2TQ
Received 21 Oct 202119 Burley Road Bognor Regis PO22 7NF
Received 17 Oct 2014Records 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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