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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
27,969 approved · 4,718 refused · 1,697 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
'Millward' Yapton Road Barnham
Received 23 Jul 20048 Newhall Close Bognor Regis PO21 5RG
Received 20 Oct 2017Toad Hall Fontwell Avenue Eastergate
Received 17 Nov 2006The Regis (Brewsters) The Esplanade Bognor Regis
Received 26 Sept 2002Ancton Manor Ancton Lane Middleton On Sea PO22 6NJ
Received 21 Aug 201414 Lundy Close Littlehampton
Received 3 Sept 2007Ground floor 17-19 Beach Road Littlehampton
Received 31 Aug 20073 Ferring Close Ferring BN12 5QT
Received 23 Aug 2017Madehurst Lodge Madehurst Arundel
Received 12 Feb 200412 Coastal Road West Kingston
Received 12 Nov 2004Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 15 Feb 202219 Chaucer Avenue Rustington BN16 2PQ
Received 26 Jun 2020Land East of Drove Lane Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 21 Sept 202114 Sefton Avenue Aldwick Bognor Regis
Received 2 Mar 2009Shepherds Cottage Norton Lane Norton
Received 29 Apr 2005Sandy Lodge Gorse Avenue Kingston Gorse
Received 5 Jan 2005BT Telephone Exchange Long Furlong Patching
Received 13 Dec 2002Patching Livery Stables Michelgrove Patching BN13 3XG
Received 6 Jan 20126 Arun Street Arundel
Received 10 Sept 200836 Fircroft Crescent Rustington BN16 3HS
Received 7 Feb 2011Moorings Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SQ
Received 9 Dec 20203 Kenlegh Aldwick Felds Bognor Regis
Received 10 Apr 20076 Chichester Road Bognor Regis
Received 17 May 2006Church View 1 Cottrell Close Angmering Village
Received 5 Aug 2008Records 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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