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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
25,627 approved · 4,218 refused · 1,546 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Spinneys West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 7 Dec 2012Hornbeam Avenue Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 12 May 20179 Nursery Close East Preston BN16 1QD
Received 30 Oct 2017Lyminster Court Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QF
Received 25 Nov 2011Flat 4 16 South Terrace Lttlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 17 Jul 20091 Church Farm Cottages Church Road Yapton BN18 0EP
Received 2 Oct 2018Land to the south of Ford Lane and east of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 4 Feb 2020144 Sea Road East Preston (Above 142 Sea Road)
Received 28 Aug 2007Hangleton Nursery Hangleton Lane Ferring BN12 6PP
Received 13 Oct 20102 Beehive Lane Ferring
Received 8 Nov 20062 Hearnfield Road Wick Littlehampton
Received 18 Nov 2005115 Aldwick Road Aldwick
Received 19 Oct 200425 West View Drive Yapton
Received 6 Sept 20041 Wallace Road Rustington
Received 25 May 200421 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis
Received 23 Apr 2007Land off Arundel Road Fontwell
Received 20 Mar 20266 Ceres Place Felpham PO22 7RG
Received 1 Aug 2017129 East Front Road Pagham
Received 14 Nov 200740 Bursledon Close Felpham PO22 8HP
Received 30 Jan 20171 Aldbourne Drive Aldwick
Received 17 Jan 2005Pear Tree Cottage 5 Surrey Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 8 Mar 2011Land At Salt Box West Of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 8 Jan 20197 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 21 Jul 20207 Nelson Road Aldwick PO21 2RY
Received 27 Aug 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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