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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
21,783 approved · 3,375 refused · 1,274 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newcote Farm Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RP
Received 10 Sept 20143 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EL
Received 6 Apr 201128 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8BG
Received 17 May 20101 Regis House Richmond Road Bognor Regis PO21 1BU
Received 26 Mar 201854 Glynde Crescent Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 8HT
Received 6 Jul 200941 Southdean Drive Bognor Regis PO22 7TB
Received 17 Mar 2011The Wick Site (Former Body Shop HQ) Hawthorn Road Littlehampton BN17 7LR
Received 28 Aug 2012Burpham Farm House Burpham
Received 3 Apr 2009Units D1 and D2 Arun Retail Park, Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NF
Received 24 Mar 2014166 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 28 Feb 202234 Arundel Drive Thornlea Court Littlehampton BN17 7PZ
Received 2 May 2015The Southdowns 133 Felpham Way Felpham
Received 26 Aug 2008Fields at Manor Farm Shripney Lane Bersted PO22 9UR
Received 21 Jun 2012166 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 15 Dec 2025Fernfield Arundel Road Norton PO18 0JX
Received 19 Apr 2011129 The Street Rustington BN16 3DN
Received 15 Sept 2010South Point 19 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 22 Jun 2018Ferring Village Hall Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 16 Nov 20112 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 31 Jan 20203 Penfolds Place Arundel BN18 9SA
Received 6 Mar 20172 Coniston Way Littlehampton
Received 7 Mar 2008Land adj to The Village Hall The Street Walberton BN18 0PG
Received 6 Nov 201433 Lion Road Pagham PO21 3LA
Received 20 Oct 202514 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QT
Received 8 Mar 2012Records 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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