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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
25,531 approved · 4,184 refused · 1,543 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Dec 2002 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 22 Aug 20079 Scorton Lime Tree Close East Preston BN16 1JA
Received 10 Jan 2019Premier Inn Spinney & Burberry House Roundstone Lane East Preston Angmering BN16 1EB
Received 24 Apr 201568 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 20 Jan 202129 Victoria Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JE
Received 6 Mar 202623 Devonshire Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SY
Received 24 Sept 2012Unit 8 Clock Park Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9NH
Received 21 Aug 2018Caigers Cottage Westergate Street Aldingbourne PO20 3SQ
Received 29 Sept 2014White Mill House Days Lane Aldingbourne BN18 0TA
Received 23 May 2017Sunny Corner Copse Lane Walberton BN18 0QH
Received 28 Jul 202147 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EW
Received 3 Nov 202170 Church Cottages Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 9 Jul 2019Kwik-Fit, Arun Retail Park Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NF
Received 12 Feb 20142 Etherington Place Littlehampton BN17 7AQ
Received 9 Sept 202050 Gossamer Lane Aldwick
Received 29 Mar 2005Land adj to 7 Nelson Road Aldwick PO21 2RY
Received 19 May 201030 West Street Bognor Regis PO21 1XE
Received 6 Mar 201231 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 24 Aug 201811 Orchard Way Fontwell BN18 0SH
Received 14 Mar 2019Beachfront within site lines of 2 The Strand Ferring BN12 5QX
Received 8 Jun 2015Flint Croft The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 14 Jun 2010Copperfield Cottage Binsted Lane Binsted BN18 0LQ
Received 1 Jun 2015Building West of 131 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1PD
Received 23 Jul 201812 Grafton Avenue Felpham PO22 6AR
Received 9 Feb 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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