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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
24,765 approved · 4,003 refused · 1,488 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of Oakridge Toddington Lane Littlehampton
Received 17 Dec 200761 Fircroft Crescent Rustington
Received 9 Jan 20066 The Gables Norfolk Square Bognor Regis PO21 2JD
Received 1 Jul 201325 Lionel Avenue Felpham
Received 27 Nov 20062 Shipfield Aldwick PO21 4AE
Received 21 Sept 2017Land North of Water Lane and South of A27 Angmering BN16 4EU
Received 4 May 202252 St Marys Close Littlehampton
Received 22 May 2006Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 15 May 201428 Park Drive Rustington BN16 3DY
Received 24 Aug 201532, 33, 34 Fitzalan Road & 14, 16 & part rear garden of 18 Church Street Littlehampton
Received 28 Jun 200711 Oriel Close Barnham PO22 0HN
Received 24 Apr 2013Summerlea Primary School Windsor Drive Rustington
Received 10 May 200538 Kingsway Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4DL
Received 13 Nov 20129 Byron Close Felpham PO22 6QU
Received 10 Sept 202617 Northway Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7JX
Received 26 Feb 201332 Sunningdale Gardens Bersted PO22 9LF
Received 11 Sept 202034 Elm Park Ferring
Received 30 Apr 200841 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JH
Received 14 Jul 2017To rear of 94 - 100 Hook Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AT
Received 26 Apr 2021Marnell Cottage Stonefields Rustington BN16 3BY
Received 23 Jun 2009Land Rear of Lillies Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 2 Jun 2020Victory Cottage 1 Bond Street Arundel
Received 26 Jul 200527 Gorse Avenue Felpham PO22 6AY
Received 13 Feb 2018Waters Edge Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 24 May 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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