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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
22,591 approved · 3,538 refused · 1,325 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Longback Cottages Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JT
Received 17 Feb 2017Laundry 38 Oakhurst Gardens Rustington Littlehampton BN16 3AN
Received 23 Nov 2020Shelley House Church Lane Eastergate
Received 12 Mar 20071 Sunnyside Cottages Flax Mean Felpham PO22 8RB
Received 29 Oct 2021Jaybelle Grange Lodge Park Yapton Road Climping BN17 5RU
Received 11 Sept 2025Caravan Site South Of Cricket Ground Long Furlong Findon BN14 0RJ
Received 9 Oct 20096 Selborne Place Selborne Road Littlehampton BN17 5NH
Received 10 Sept 2020Land To East Of Fontwell Racecourse Fontwell Avenue Eastergate BN18 0SW
Received 15 Dec 20201 Sark Gardens Ferring BN12 5QB
Received 17 Aug 2026Vega 17 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 1 Aug 201411 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 8 Jan 2022Land adjacent to 2 The Grove Ferring BN12 5JA
Received 17 Mar 2019The Roundstone Public House Roundstone Lane East Preston
Received 19 Dec 200659 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BQ
Received 2 May 2018Land adjacent to 84 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 8 Oct 2012Land adjacent to 22 Windward Close Littlehampton
Received 8 Dec 200679 Hillsboro Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DY
Received 14 Mar 2011Black Horse Inn Climping Street Climping BN17 5RL
Received 24 Feb 2020Firs Acre Shripney Lane Bognor Regis
Received 6 Jun 2011Glenian The Street East Preston BN16 1HT
Received 1 Mar 201831A The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 8 Dec 202516 Kings Drive Pagham PO21 4PY
Received 12 Nov 20102 The Cottages 11-15 Sturges Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AH
Received 9 Mar 201025 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 1 Feb 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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