Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
23,178 approved · 3,670 refused · 1,373 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South of Fellows Gardens Yapton BN18 0HW
Received 5 Mar 20141 Clun Road Littlehampton
Received 8 Dec 200826 Chawkmare Coppice Bognor Regis PO21 3SP
Received 4 Jul 2011Mallards 61 Little Paddocks Ferring
Received 14 Dec 20066 Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QT
Received 14 Nov 2019Arundel Water Supply Works Mill Lane Arundel
Received 22 Dec 2010Land at Hawthorn Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7HF
Received 23 Sept 2021Rowemount Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TQ
Received 13 Jan 2010Flat 2 St Marys Court 32 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EU
Received 10 Feb 202620 Warren Crescent East Preston
Received 19 Sept 2007Berricourt Main Road Yapton BN18 0ED
Received 31 Aug 2014Pagham Yacht Club Harbour/West Front Road Pagham
Received 29 Apr 201537 Hewarts Lane Bognor Regis PO21 3DR
Received 24 Jan 2012Elm Cottage Dairy Lane Walberton BN18 0PT
Received 21 Feb 2018Sumara The Warren Ferring BN12 5PQ
Received 29 Apr 2022Glenlogie & Wee Glenlogie Clarence Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JT
Received 9 Jun 2011Laburnum House 16 Kingsway Craigweil PO21 4DQ
Received 3 Jan 20185 High Street Bognor Regis PO211RQ
Received 3 Mar 2026Nyetimber Mazda 33 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XH
Received 13 Jan 2014Pharos Quay River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BF
Received 1 Jun 20183 The Bramblings Rustington
Received 28 Mar 2006East Preston Depot Station Road East Preston BN16 3AA
Received 10 Apr 2017Grass Verge at Elmer Road & Front of Lucking Lane Bognor Regis PO22 6EH
Received 11 Aug 2010Manchester House Church Hill Slindon
Received 23 Mar 2006Records 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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