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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
24,692 approved · 3,976 refused · 1,484 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2002 to 24 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Sea Way Elmer Sands Middleton on Sea
Received 6 May 20082 Worcester Close West Meads Bognor Regis
Received 14 Nov 2005Kingmere 3 Third Avenue Felpham PO22 7LN
Received 1 Oct 2019Land Between 8-10 Barnett Close Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3UW
Received 2 Feb 202110 Manor Park Pagham PO21 3JS
Received 27 Mar 2014154-160 The Street Rustington BN16 3DA
Received 9 Sept 2025148 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 6 Apr 202114 Den Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 1HE
Received 21 Jan 201515 Henty Close Walberton
Received 26 Jul 20071 Willow Way Aldwick
Received 1 Mar 200526 Jubilee Avenue Rustington BN16 3NB
Received 17 Jun 20111 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HY
Received 12 Apr 2010The Dairy Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 1 Nov 2017Workshop rear of 11 Felpham Road Felpham
Received 2 Aug 200522 The Green Pagham PO21 4SB
Received 24 Sept 2025North Street Public Toilets Littlehampton BN17 7JS
Received 17 Mar 20255 Ash Close Findon
Received 17 Sept 2008Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 27 Sept 201010 Andrew Close Rustington
Received 10 Dec 2007The Westcourt Medical Centre 12 The Street Rustington
Received 10 Nov 20103 Godman Close Aldwick PO21 4
Received 17 Nov 2010The Westcourt Surgery 12 The Street Rustington
Received 12 Jan 200678 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LZ
Received 25 May 2017111 Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0EQ
Received 16 Jan 2019Records 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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