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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
21,597 approved · 3,342 refused · 1,263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Unit A Rudford Industrial Estate Ford Road, Ford BN18 0BD
Received 4 Apr 20149 East Street Littlehampton
Received 2 Jun 2008Alloways 33 Shelley Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SN
Received 11 Mar 2019The Old School House Claigmar Road Rustington
Received 18 Oct 200738 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8NF
Received 29 Aug 2014Tudor Close Public House Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NQ
Received 30 Apr 2021Riverside House 2 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JS
Received 27 Oct 201462 Worthing Road Rustington
Received 12 Apr 2007116 Felpham Way Felpham West Sussex PO22 8QL
Received 9 Apr 2010White Haven 35 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 12 Jul 2026Parkside Farm Shripney Lane Shripney
Received 9 Apr 2009Littlehampton Wharf Quayside Littlehampton BN17 5DN
Received 30 Jun 20117 Normans Drive Felpham
Received 18 Mar 20081 Summerley Lane Felpham PO22 7HN
Received 15 Mar 201279 Highcroft Crescent Bognor Regis PJO22 8D
Received 20 Mar 2017St Philip Howard Catholic High School Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 OEN
Received 28 Oct 201320 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 1 Jun 2021113 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RJ
Received 27 Jun 20177 Nelson Road Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 24 Nov 200921 Ockenden Road Littlehampton BN17 7FH
Received 17 Mar 2022Beechcroft 2 Dukes Road Fontwell
Received 14 Apr 201167 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5HE
Received 3 Aug 201713 & 15 Jubilee Avenue Rustington
Received 4 Jun 2007Police Station London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1BA
Received 22 Nov 2010Records 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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