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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
25,001 approved · 4,066 refused · 1,515 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heath Place Ash Grove Bognor Regis PO22 9SH
Received 24 Aug 2026Land at Greenyers Field Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6QF
Received 29 Jan 2015East Bank Visitor Centre 63-65 Surrey Street Littlehampton West Sussex BN17 5AW
Received 10 May 2010Redcot Climping Street Climping
Received 15 Mar 2010Church House Church Hill Slindon
Received 25 Feb 20085 Foamcourt Waye Ferring BN12 5RD
Received 1 Jun 2011Mayscroft Church Lane Eastergate
Received 10 Jun 2008Slate Barn Farm Binsted Lane Binsted BN18 0LQ
Received 25 Sept 201364B Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0ES
Received 3 Feb 20158 Victoria Gardens Westergate PO20 3YL
Received 4 Dec 2018Ravenscourt 8 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 25 Jul 2026L'Apache Westergate Street Aldingbourne
Received 26 Feb 2019103 Farnhurst Road Barnham PO22 0JW
Received 25 Jan 2018Charnocks Garage Beaconsfield Road Littlehampton BN17 6LN
Received 30 Oct 201250 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2BE
Received 18 Feb 2014Manor Farm House Ecclesden Lane Angmering
Received 22 Nov 2007The Bognor Club 2 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1EU
Received 15 Mar 201929 Sea Lane Gardens Ferring BN12 5EQ
Received 1 Sept 2014The Lodge Aldingbourne Drive Aldingbourne PO18 0LQ
Received 25 Oct 2017Land adjacent to 94 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8LT
Received 13 Mar 201561 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis
Received 30 Mar 2007The Coast House 36 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 8 Jul 2011The Old Brewery 45 & 47 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 28 Sept 201511 Broadmark Way Rustington BN16 2EY
Received 15 Jul 2015Records 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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