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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
21,379 approved · 3,306 refused · 1,237 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 25 Sept 20095 Appletree Walk Climping BN17 5QN
Received 6 Oct 2020Waterton House Arundel Road Angmering BN164JR
Received 9 Jul 2021St. Wilfrids Arundel Priory 2 London Road Arundel BN18 9BZ
Received 5 Oct 201041 The Drive Aldwick
Received 5 Feb 2007Broadbeach 39 Coastal Road Kingston BN16 1SN
Received 23 Apr 20158 Solent Close Littlehampton BN17 6SQ
Received 24 Oct 2019Danehurst Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2LR
Received 19 Jan 201829 Grosvenor Gardens Aldwick PO21 3EZ
Received 14 Feb 20215 Ajax Place Bognor Regis PO22 7QR
Received 31 Oct 2012Willow Tree Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 19 Jun 2015Flint Barn Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RN
Received 14 Apr 2022Land East of The Croft Surgery Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 22 Sept 2026Walnut Tree Cottage Shripney Lane Bognor Regis PO22 9NR
Received 23 Jan 2018Land West Of Cedarwood The Street and south of 11 Copse View East Pteston
Received 26 Oct 2009Bilsham Croft Bilsham Lane Bilsham Yapton BN18 0JX
Received 22 May 20188 The Ridings East Preston BN16 2TN
Received 18 Jul 201728 Greyfriars Close West Meads Bognor Regis
Received 23 Apr 200855-57 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 11 Apr 2019Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 25 Feb 2021Neal's Farmhouse West Wing Lower Bognor Road Lagness PO20 1LW
Received 29 Nov 20214 Old Warehouse Mews Western Road Littlehampton BN17 5GE
Received 12 Mar 2026Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 24 Aug 2026Old Place House Aldwick Road Bognor Regis
Received 9 Mar 2011Records 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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