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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23,102 approved · 3,658 refused · 1,370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Mead House Old Mead Road Littlehampton BN17 7PU
Received 1 Aug 2019Kingley Gate Courtwick Lane Littlehampton
Received 6 Feb 2017West House South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 26 Apr 202157 Middleton Road Bognor Regis West Sussex
Received 9 Jan 200747 Fish Lane West Lodge Aldwick PO21 3AB
Received 4 Mar 201313 Woodgate Road Westergate PO20 3SX
Received 18 Sept 2018Land adjoining Sunnyside Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QR
Received 2 Oct 2014105 Barnham Road Barnham
Received 25 Jul 2008The Lamb Inn Bilsham Road Yapton Arundel BN18 0JN
Received 25 Sept 2013Clayton The Avenals Angmering BN16 4AN
Received 10 Sept 2020Rigates Climping Street Climping BN17 5RQ
Received 17 Mar 2026Blue Haze Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9NU
Received 18 Dec 201492 The Fairway Aldwick Bay West Sussex
Received 23 Feb 2017Flints Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NP
Received 17 Jul 2026Church House Church Lane Climping
Received 9 Jun 200680 Harbour Road Pagham PO21 4TD
Received 9 Jun 201086 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HE
Received 31 Jul 201948 East Street Littlehampton
Received 7 Jul 2006283-285a Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AH
Received 28 Nov 2017Sunnymeade Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PA
Received 1 Mar 2018Mount Pleasant Farm Level Mare Lane Fontwell PO20 3SB
Received 20 Jun 201342 Cudlow Avenue Rustington RH16 2HF
Received 15 Jun 201258 Vermont Drive East Preston
Received 3 Jun 200918a The Nookery East Preston BN16 1PT
Received 7 Mar 2013Records 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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