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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
25,098 approved · 4,088 refused · 1,520 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Woodend Cottage Copse Lane Walberton BN18 0QH
Received 5 Nov 20214 The Pines Yapton BN18 0EG
Received 17 Sept 2021Land to the north of Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road Rustington BN16 2LZ
Received 9 Jan 20267 Wicks Farm Cottages Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DQ
Received 23 Sept 20152 & 3 Langford House 7 The Steyne Bognor Regis
Received 6 Jul 2018Land at rear of Park Farm Aldingbourne
Received 17 Sept 2007Chevening's 36 High Street Findon BN14 0SZ
Received 24 Nov 2011Land adj to Barnham Court Lodge Church Lane Barnham
Received 26 Jun 20063 Upper West Drive Ferring
Received 28 Aug 2007Trendles 31 Kingsway Craigweil PO21 4DH
Received 15 Nov 2012Land at Site 6, Off Flansham Lane Bognor Regis
Received 19 Jan 2009Tower House Havelock Close Bognor Regis
Received 3 Nov 20083 Beehive Close Ferring BN12 5NS
Received 15 Feb 2011Site B Durban Road Bognor Regis PO22 9QT
Received 9 Jan 2017Worthing Hockey Club Angmering School Station Road Angmering BN16 4HH
Received 7 Jun 2021Saltaire 5 Park Drive Yapton
Received 23 Jun 2005Land North of Yapton C of E Primary School North End Road Yapton
Received 13 Aug 2020Cringles 9 The Drive Bognor Regis PO21 4DU
Received 5 Dec 2018Land to rear of 2-16 Sussex Street Littlehampton BN17 6RH
Received 9 Jul 2014Rear of 7 Middleton Road Felpham PO22 6BL
Received 1 Oct 20205 Vermont Way East Preston
Received 10 Jun 20094 Tillington Cottages Main Road Yapton BN18 0EU
Received 17 Apr 2012Avon House Avon Road Littlehampton
Received 15 Nov 2004Land adj to 14 Stoneyfield Cottages Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SL
Received 10 Aug 2021Records 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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