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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
21,285 approved · 3,294 refused · 1,231 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Kenhurst East Preston
Received 17 Apr 2007Land West of Fontwell Avenue 1 Fontwell Avenue PO20 3RU
Received 6 Sept 2021Verge outside 79 The Fairway Aldwick Bay Estate Aldwick PO21 4HE
Received 14 Feb 20144 Myddleton Terrace Shripney Lane Bognor Regis
Received 26 May 2007Land adj. 18 Mill Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PH
Received 6 Mar 2015252 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UP
Received 11 Nov 202119 Pennyfields Felpham PO22 6BN
Received 9 Sept 20214 Knightscroft House Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RT
Received 11 Aug 2010Land At Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 2 Mar 2022Downsview Littlehampton Road Angmering BN12 6PW
Received 4 Jul 2020Countisbury Lodge 7 Countisbury Close Aldwick PO21 3QW
Received 16 Jan 2017Ryefields Farmhouse Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 21 Jun 2021Stoney Beach Cottage South Strand East Preston Littlehampton BN16 1PN
Received 22 May 2014Old Grain Silo Former Mcintyre Nursery Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PG
Received 28 Mar 2018Land adjacent to Toddington Lane Farm Cottages Toddington Lane BN17 7PP
Received 25 Feb 2021Barn End Barn Lane Bersted PO22 9NY
Received 21 Aug 202654 Russells Close East Preston BN16 1BT
Received 27 Jun 20204 Lucerne Court Aldwick PO21 4XL
Received 30 Nov 20204 Appletree Drive Barnham Bognor Regis PO22 0LT
Received 29 Jan 20101 Regency Court Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5HP
Received 8 May 201245 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 22 Jun 20182 St Georges Gardens Aldwick Land at West Meads PO21 5RN
Received 26 Jun 20191-3 Langford House 7 The Steyne Bognor Regis PO21 1TX
Received 9 May 2011Land East Of Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Received 29 Aug 2026Records 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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