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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
24,843 approved · 4,020 refused · 1,497 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Whyte Cottage Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 21 Oct 20261 Dolphin Way Rustington BN16 2EL
Received 9 May 2013Woodgate Farm Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3SS
Received 20 Jun 2018Melrose 7A Nelson Road Aldwick PO21 2RY
Received 3 Jun 201416-18 Beach Road Littlehampton
Received 22 May 201530 Red Barn Crescent Felpham PO22 8FB
Received 3 Mar 2022South border of The Poplars Site Worthing Road Littlehampton
Received 21 Nov 20082 Triton Place Bognor Regis PO22 7QB
Received 4 Apr 2012Normandie Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 22 Oct 2019Land adjacent Cosy Nook Hook Lane Pagham
Received 1 Nov 2007119 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7LR
Received 26 Jan 2012Marine House 3 North Place Littlehampton BN17 5NS
Received 3 Jun 2011Fleet Cottage The Ridgway Bognor Regis PO22 7JQ
Received 12 Feb 20132 Norfolk House 15 Felpham Road Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 7DA
Received 31 Aug 2010Land to rear of 15 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7ET
Received 28 Feb 201121 Oval Waye Ferring
Received 21 Jan 2005Cresswell Square Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 13 Nov 2017Silverdale Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BJ
Received 16 Sept 201016 Harebell Close Littlehampton BN17 6WE
Received 30 Mar 2015Kittenash Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 4 Feb 2019Churchfield Station Road East Preston
Received 12 Jun 2009Mitchells Cottage 24 The Street Rustington
Received 12 Aug 200535 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JS
Received 10 Mar 2022Norfolk House Felpham Road Bognor Regis PO22 7DA
Received 8 Jan 2010Records 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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