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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
23,102 approved · 3,658 refused · 1,370 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2002 to 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Olive Court North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 31 Jan 202086 Addison Way Bersted PO22 9HZ
Received 31 Mar 20264 Laburnum Cottages Main Road Yapton
Received 23 Jul 200723 Worthing Road East Preston
Received 30 Jun 2006Windsong The Thatchway Rustington BN16 2BN
Received 1 Jul 202037 Bassett Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JH
Received 25 Feb 20262 The Steyne Bognor Regis PO21 1TP
Received 27 Apr 2010Wagtails 71 Downview Road Barnham
Received 15 Dec 200539 The Estuary Littlehampton
Received 1 May 2007Hangleton Farm - Lot 2 Hangleton Lane Ferring BN12 6PP
Received 7 Oct 20138 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AQ
Received 12 May 2020Littlefield West Drive Angmering BN16 4NL
Received 3 Aug 2009Land East of Orchard Gardens Woodgate Chichester
Received 28 Nov 201838 Elmcroft Place Westergate PO20 3XL
Received 7 Sept 201716 Goodwood Avenue Felpham PO22 8EH
Received 24 Feb 2015Retreat Rose Avenue Middleton On Sea PO22 7TG
Received 4 Jan 201122 Torton Hill Road Arundel
Received 18 Jul 2007Ditch to the rear of 23 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 24 Jun 2013118 Wick Street & 120 Wick Street Littlehampton BN17 7JT
Received 6 Aug 2015Rosebank House Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PA
Received 26 Sept 20131 Stanbrok Close Aldwick PO21 3SN
Received 22 Jan 2015Eastergate C of E Primary School Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 21 Jun 2012Barns at Houghton Farm Houghton
Received 23 Dec 2005Willowcroft 2 East Close Middleton on Sea
Received 21 May 2009Records 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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