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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
28,036 approved · 4,726 refused · 1,699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47-49 Western Road Littlehampton
Received 16 Jul 2004Days Days Lane Fontwell Arundel BN18 0TA
Received 21 Jun 20108 Faresmead Aldwick PO21 3DQ
Received 28 Apr 202627 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 23 Jan 2026137 The Street Rustington BN16 3DN
Received 13 Jul 2015The Heron Ancton Lodge Lane Bognor Regis
Received 12 May 200931 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 29 Jun 20155-7 East Street Littlehampton
Received 13 Feb 2009Land North of Hook Lane Pagham Road PO21 3PD
Received 27 Apr 20224 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DS
Received 9 Nov 20211 Madehurst Court Gloucester Road Littlehampton
Received 16 Apr 200916 East Drive Angmering BN16 4JH
Received 19 Feb 2013Thatched Cottage 28 Fish Lane Aldwick
Received 2 Jul 20034 Downlands Close Pagham PO21 3QA
Received 11 Jun 20135 Sea Lane Close East Preston
Received 17 Jun 2004Dove Cottage 13 Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 26 Jun 201243 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JP
Received 23 Jun 2013Leeside Rope Walk Littlehampton
Received 10 Jun 2003210 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QB
Received 9 Mar 2021Dove Cottage 76 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 19 Jun 201920 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HG
Received 7 Aug 2017Hotham Park House 1 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1HW
Received 11 Sept 2012Sherwood House Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 16 Jul 2008South Stoke Bridge South Stoke Nr Arundel
Received 26 Jul 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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