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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
27,901 approved · 4,701 refused · 1,685 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2000 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Dutch House Downsview Road Kingston Gorse
Received 20 Aug 2009200 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ES
Received 31 Oct 2018Focus Do It All Rustington Retail Park Rustington BN16 3RT
Received 4 May 2010Arundel CE School Jarvis Road Arundel
Received 5 Oct 2005Delawarr House Flat 1A 144 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PA
Received 20 Dec 2021Unit 19, Lineside Industrial Estate, Arndale Road, Littlehampton
Received 1 Mar 2006Brewery Cottage The Street Walberton
Received 22 Jun 200616A Maltravers Street Arundel
Received 22 Dec 2004Pirate Haven 24 West Drive Middleton-on-sea PO22 7TS
Received 20 Mar 2026Fairacres Level Mare Lane Eastergate PO20 3SA
Received 24 Mar 2014Flint Cottage Roundstone Lane Angmering
Received 13 Sept 2002Lower Farm Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 16 Mar 202224 Cissbury Road Ferring
Received 17 Mar 200529 Downview Road Barnham
Received 11 Apr 2003Courtwick Lane, South of Railway Littlehampton
Received 21 Jan 201414 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8BG
Received 13 Dec 201047 Park Drive Rustington BN16 3DY
Received 14 Sept 2015Laburnum Cottage Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 3 Nov 200821 Downview Road Barnham
Received 25 Jun 20077 Surrey Street Littlehampton
Received 23 Jun 2003The Arun View Wharf Road Littlehampton
Received 6 Feb 200618 Johnson Way Ford BN18 0TD
Received 29 Mar 2018Land East of Wandleys Lane Fontwell
Received 26 Aug 2026Caravan Wychway Farm Selden Lane Patching BN13 3UL
Received 30 Nov 2011Records 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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