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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
25,578 approved · 4,202 refused · 1,543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
8 Whiteways Close Littlehampton
Received 26 Nov 200744 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 17 Jul 201711 Arun Way Aldwick PO21 4HF
Received 18 Apr 2017Ryebank Farm Gravetts Lane Climping BN17 5RQ
Received 10 Feb 201140 Nelson Row Ford BN18 0DD
Received 19 Dec 2011Scorton 9 Lime Tree Close East Preston BN16 1JA
Received 19 Nov 2019The Homestead Westergate Street Westergate
Received 31 Mar 2009The Old Cottage 10 Vicarage Lane Bognor Regis PO22 7EA
Received 23 Feb 201423A Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7DA
Received 21 Sept 2020377-379 Chichester Road Bognor Regis
Received 14 Feb 2005115 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2NY
Received 10 Aug 2010I C I S Information for Life 35 Worthing Road East Preston Littlehampton BN16 1BQ
Received 20 Jul 2012Land Adj. The Olive Branch North End Road Yapton
Received 23 Jan 2008Block A Arndale Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7GA
Received 10 Sept 2010Land South of Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton BN17 6FE
Received 27 Feb 201424 Ashurst Close North Bersted PO21 5UJ
Received 25 Oct 2012Worthing Rugby Football Club The Rugby Park Roundstone Lane Angmering
Received 19 Apr 20042 Cissbury Road Ferring BN12 6QJ
Received 2 Dec 200918 Dalloway Road Arundel BN18 9HW
Received 15 Jun 20152 & 4 The Old Warehouse Arun Street Arundel
Received 3 Oct 20052 The Lawn Aldwick PO21 4XJ
Received 7 Nov 2018St Mary's Parish Hall London Road Arundel BN18 9BA
Received 24 Nov 201112 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 5 Mar 2014Manor Farm Shripney Lane Bognor Regis
Received 28 Nov 2006Records 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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