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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
27,933 approved · 4,706 refused · 1,688 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Danehurst Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2LR
Received 11 Jun 2014Rustington Manor Hotel And Restaurant 12 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2HH
Received 8 Dec 202135 Thorncroft Road Littlehampton BN17 6DD
Received 8 Feb 2017Land South of Groves Farm Bersted PO20 2DX
Received 26 Jul 2010White Mill House Days Lane Aldingbourne BN18 0TA
Received 2 Apr 2025Lower Barpham Barns Angmering Park Angmering
Received 6 Jul 2007The White House 24 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 20 Mar 202188 Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 10 Sept 2026Land adjacent to 30 Ellis Close Arundel BN18 9LG
Received 22 Dec 202122 Clydesdale Gardens Bersted PO22 9BE
Received 23 Apr 2019Dragonfly Paddocks Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 5 Jan 2010South Lodge 1 Firs Avenue Felpham
Received 7 Jun 20043 Ashmere Lane Felpham
Received 22 Sept 20052 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 31 Jan 20202 Heghbrok Way Aldwick PO21 2RF
Received 3 Dec 2020108 Fitzalan Road Arundel
Received 5 Mar 2008Land adjacent to 1 Lovells Close Rose Green Bognor Regis
Received 16 Sept 200418 Hawke Close Rustington BN16 2AT
Received 3 Apr 2017Sea Lane House Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1RX
Received 7 Nov 2014Gavea Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QP
Received 14 Feb 20194 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TR
Received 13 Apr 201817 Lizard Head Littlehampton BN17 6RY
Received 17 Jul 2020102 Middleton Road Middleton On Sea PO22 6DL
Received 18 Aug 20102 Madehurst Close East Preston
Received 24 Feb 2004Records 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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