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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
22,957 approved · 3,628 refused · 1,358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Songthrush Lane Barnham PO22 0FB
Received 22 May 2019St Johns Cottage South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 4 Aug 2021Entrance to Willowbrook Middleton on Sea
Received 16 Mar 20069 Waverley Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NB
Received 29 May 2012Longfurlong Barns Longfurlong Farm Longfurlong (A280) Clapham
Received 28 Jan 200927 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2AY
Received 7 Mar 20132 Admiralty Road Felpham Bognor Regis
Received 12 Aug 2008Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road RUSTINGTON BN16 2LZ
Received 12 Apr 201812 St. Richards Way Bognor Regis PO21 3BD
Received 31 Jan 201332 St Richards Way Aldwick PO21 3BB
Received 25 Oct 2020Sandfield House Lyminster Road Littlehampton
Received 22 Oct 2007Units 31/32 Lineside Industrial Estate Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 5 Nov 20143 Old Barn Close Mill Farm Pagham
Received 28 Mar 2011Land Adjacent to 1 Orchard Way Fontwell BN18 0SH
Received 9 Jul 2021162 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 22 Mar 2017Unit 1B (Lidl) Bognor Regis Retail Park Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9TR
Received 6 Jul 201029 Orchard Way Bognor Regis
Received 5 Dec 2007Smugglers Steps The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 8 Apr 201481A The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EX
Received 12 Jan 2017Land to the east of University of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 29 Nov 201838a South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NU
Received 14 Oct 20114 Malt Cottages Church Lane Eastergate
Received 2 Jan 2007194 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2YQ
Received 19 Mar 2012Lavender Cottage 22 Beagle Drive Ford
Received 30 May 2008Records 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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