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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
23,023 approved · 3,643 refused · 1,363 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 24 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Green Infant School Hawkins Close Bognor Regis PO21 3LW
Received 15 Nov 2013Travis Perkins The Causeway Station Yard Arundel BN18 9JL
Received 9 Dec 2014Deans Yard Orchard Way Fontwell
Received 13 May 20109 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 22 Aug 2018400 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5DR
Received 29 Apr 2021Sadlers Cottage Brookpit Lane Climping
Received 7 Dec 200619 Wroxham Way Felpham PO22 8EW
Received 1 Jul 201511 Downland Close Findon BN14 0UJ
Received 3 Jan 201210 Frobisher Way Rustington BN16 2BA
Received 18 Jul 2012Land adjoining Sunnyside Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QR
Received 12 May 20157 Tudor Close Findon
Received 2 Oct 2008Land at Brook Barn Farm Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PX
Received 13 Jul 20152A Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NL
Received 24 Apr 20198 Nelson Road Bognor Regis
Received 29 Feb 20082 Critchmere Road Eastergate PO20 3XA
Received 30 Jan 2018Land to the south of Ford Lane and east of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 17 Feb 2021Crossbush Service Station Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QQ
Received 28 Apr 2022Tortington House Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 3 Dec 201833 Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 13 Jul 2012Land to the rear of 27 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QD
Received 3 Mar 2022Crookthorn Byre Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 20 Nov 201320 Dalloway Road Arundel BN18 9HW
Received 12 May 2015Thalassa 34 The Drive Craigweil Bognor Regis
Received 12 May 201112 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 27 May 2014Records 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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