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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
24,932 approved · 4,042 refused · 1,504 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Verge on west side of Pagham Road (opposite Nos 28 & 28a) Pagham
Received 17 Sept 20041 Lake Cottages Lake Lane Barnham
Received 14 Oct 2004Park Cottage London Road Walberton
Received 30 Nov 20045 Camelia Close Littlehampton BN17 6UT
Received 15 Feb 201714 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DG
Received 26 Oct 2019Morella Cottage 136 The Street Patching BN13 3XF
Received 14 Apr 200527 Sea Road East Preston
Received 29 May 2008The Marigolds Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PB
Received 2 Apr 201915 Ruston Park Rustington BN16 2AB
Received 12 Nov 2021River Beach Primary School York Road Littlehampton BN17 6EW
Received 30 Jan 2013Nursery Close Manor Road East Preston BN16 1QD
Received 13 May 2013Crossbush Crossbush Lane Arundel
Received 30 Jan 20061 Middleton Court 57 Elmer Road Middleton
Received 10 Aug 2015Land west of Brook Lane and South of A259 Angmering
Received 27 Mar 201875A Clun Road Littlehampton BN17 7ED
Received 26 Jul 201240/42 Arundel Road Littlehampton
Received 29 Nov 2004Ravenhurst Church Lane Barnham BOGNOR REGIS PO22 0DG
Received 26 Jul 200921 Rucrofts Close Aldwick Felds
Received 13 Jan 2009New House Farm Norton Lane Norton PO20 3NH
Received 6 Jun 2011Country Fayre Littlehampton Road Ferring
Received 14 May 200723 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 16 Sept 2014West Preston Manor Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington
Received 22 Jul 2010Former Windroos Nursery Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LY
Received 23 Jan 20194 Malt Cottages Church Lane Eastergate
Received 25 May 2005Records 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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