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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
21,117 approved · 3,256 refused · 1,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Brewery Hill Arundel BN18 9DQ
Received 19 Nov 2010Land to the rear of White Haven 35 The Drive Craigweil Bognor Regis PO21 4DT
Received 21 Oct 2019Downsview Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PW
Received 7 Jul 2014Ashdown Rifeside Gardens Ferring BN12 6QH
Received 21 Aug 2019Onslow Caravan Park Onslow Drive Ferring BN12 5RX
Received 3 Mar 20172 Alderney Road Ferring BN12 5PJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Plot B1 Coventry Plantation Horsham Road Findon BN14 0RG
Received 19 Oct 201043 Davenport Road Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 7JS
Received 8 Jun 20191 A Wood Hill Way Felpham PO22 8GJ
Received 24 Jan 201919 Clarence Avenue Littlehampton
Received 2 Apr 201443 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 25 Jun 2020Little Chef Restaurant Arundel Road Walberton BN18 0SB
Received 29 Nov 2017Land North of Yapton C of E Primary School North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 5 Feb 202162 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 4 Sept 201230 Limmer Lane Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 7ET
Received 10 Jun 2011Meadow Cottage Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 4 Jun 201521 Rucrofts Close Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 3SL
Received 24 Apr 2012St. Marys Centre Grassmere Close Bognor Regis PO22 7NU
Received 29 Apr 201391 Midhurst Drive Ferring BN12 5BL
Received 21 May 2012Forest Leas 22 East Drive Angmering
Received 30 Jun 200850 The Byway Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6DR
Received 24 Oct 20121 Meadow Way Littlehampton
Received 8 Jul 2008Rosedene Letchworth Close Ferring BN12 5RE
Received 24 Mar 2020Site 6 Felpham PO22
Received 8 Aug 2012Records 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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