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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
21,688 approved · 3,365 refused · 1,267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Corner House The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 20 Oct 20171 St. Anthonys Way Herne Road Rustington BN16 3EA
Received 19 Aug 201535 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QD
Received 9 Aug 2021Nyewood C of E Junior School Brent Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NW
Received 21 Jul 2010137 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis
Received 19 Mar 2008Maidenhead Aquatics Crookthorn Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 19 Jan 202219 Selwyn Avenue Littlehampton BN17 7NF
Received 20 Feb 2015Wynard 47 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DN
Received 10 Jan 20265 Neptune Way Littlehampton BN17 6NY
Received 18 May 201813 King Street Arundel
Received 1 Nov 20069 Cove Road Rustington BN16 2QW
Received 19 Apr 202111 Eagles Chase Littlehampton BN17 7RF
Received 5 Sept 2025116 Bluebell Drive Littlehampton
Received 28 Jan 200940 Henry Avenue Rustington
Received 20 Oct 2006Longmace House 8A The High Street Arundel BN18 9AH
Received 19 Feb 2018Hayleys Corner 14 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EJ
Received 21 Sept 201029 King Street Arundel
Received 6 Aug 200828 Coastal Road Kingston East Preston BN16 1SJ
Received 6 May 20108 Madehurst Court Gloucester Road Littlehampton BN17 7BX
Received 25 Oct 2012Millwood House Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PG
Received 1 Aug 2021Land to rear of 6 Ockley Road Ockley Road Bognor Regis PO21 2HW
Received 31 May 20132 Cross Road Rustington BN16 2ST
Received 20 Jun 2012Flats 1-5 12 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EJ
Received 3 Mar 201173 Elm Grove Barnham
Received 17 Mar 2009Records 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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