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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21,210 approved · 3,276 refused · 1,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rilbrook House Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NW
Received 1 Mar 201916 Spencer Terrace 45-47 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis
Received 21 Feb 200818 Holmes Way Littlehampton BN17 6GT
Received 10 May 20262 West Drive Aldwick Bay Estate
Received 1 Jun 20091-5 St Martins Lane Littlehampton BN17 6BS
Received 15 Jan 2026The Old Barn Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SX
Received 20 Jun 201314 Hawke Close Rustington BN16 2AT
Received 16 Apr 2015Twist of Lime 38 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 3 Sept 201415 Limmer Lane Felpham
Received 14 Sept 2010Hollyholme Level Mare Lane Eastergate
Received 5 Mar 2009Rolls-Royce Technology and Logistics Centre Newlands Road Bersted PO22 9FJ
Received 6 Dec 2016Bevin Bevin & Co Ltd River Road Arundel BN18 9DH
Received 24 Sept 2013North Barn Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 4 May 202635 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QD
Received 18 Sept 20202 Lichfield Garden Aldwick PO21 3RB
Received 11 Jul 20176 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JP
Received 14 Jan 2019St Ninians United Reform Church Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NJ
Received 1 May 2026Ridgeway House The Ridgway Bognor Regis PO22 7JQ
Received 3 Jul 201931 Hinde Road Felpham PO22 7QJ
Received 2 Aug 202078 North Lane Rustington Littlehampton West Sussex BN16 3PW
Received 6 Jul 20184 Tennyson Road Bognor Regis
Received 29 Aug 2008Seahaven Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 28 Jul 202030 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RZ
Received 29 Jan 2019Blakes Cottage 1 Blakes Road Felpham PO22 7EB
Received 8 Sept 2025Records 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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