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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
21,950 approved · 3,407 refused · 1,279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Surrey Wharf Arundel BN18 9DW
Received 17 Dec 2012Villa Maria Campbell Road Bognor Regis PO21 1NW
Received 11 Apr 2019Hadfield 35 Angmering Lane Rustington BN16 2TA
Received 2 Jun 201556 Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6QB
Received 28 Sept 2026Hartley Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 3 Oct 201317 & 19 Ferring Street Ferring
Received 2 Oct 200716 Dalloway Road Arundel BN18 9HW
Received 12 Jun 2018Old Watch House Old Coastguards Felpham PO22 7BJ
Received 29 Apr 202635 The Ridings East Preston BN16 2TW
Received 28 Feb 2022The Little Den High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1HF
Received 28 Mar 20132 Tithe Barn Way Aldwick PO21 4HA
Received 10 Sept 2025Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 19 Feb 2026Myrtle Cottage 67 Mead Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AW
Received 3 Jul 2012Herons Farm Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 16 Mar 2012Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 1 Mar 201264 St Thomas Drive Pagham
Received 26 Apr 2011Carpenters Cottage Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NW
Received 27 Jun 201823 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 20 May 201444 Sea Avenue Rustington
Received 13 Mar 20074 Ancton Close Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6ND
Received 9 Sept 2021Baird's Farm Shop Crookthorne Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 26 Sept 2012Land at Limmer Pond Stables Church Road Aldingbourne Chichester PO20 3TU
Received 24 May 2013St Mary's Church St Mary's Meadow YAPTON BN18 0EJ
Received 18 Mar 2021Abbots Lodge Dental Practice Rustington BN16 3NL
Received 27 Sept 2019Records 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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