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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
28,079 approved · 4,730 refused · 1,709 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1-12 Northwyke Close Felpham PO22 8QH
Received 20 Feb 20132 North Avenue East Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6HQ
Received 31 Mar 2020The Loft Shop Ltd Lineside Industrial Estate 51 Eldon Way Littlehampton
Received 22 Oct 2003Oak Tree Cottage Acorn End Aldwick PO21 4JA
Received 17 Feb 20221 North Court Close Rustington Littlehampton BN16 3HZ
Received 12 Mar 2021Site of 72 The Drive Aldwick
Received 25 May 2006Ecclesden Mill High Street Angmering
Received 7 Jan 200470 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 8 Sept 20101 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LS
Received 23 Nov 201819 Drift Road Pagham
Received 4 Jul 2006The Coppice West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 26 Apr 2017Verge in carpark Nyewood Gardens Bognor Regis
Received 21 Apr 200843 Central Drive Elmer Bognor Regis
Received 1 Aug 2007The Martlets Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JP
Received 9 Jan 2015St Marys Catholic Primary School Glamis Street Bognor Regis BN18 0HR
Received 19 Jul 2021Land adj 18 Wedgwood Road & 5 Minton Road Felpham
Received 28 Oct 2002Moon Cottage 7 Brook Lane Ferring
Received 30 Jan 20084 Norris Cottages (land to east of 1-3 Norris Cottages) North Lane East Preston
Received 7 Dec 200726 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 21 Dec 20103 Cedar Close East Aldwick
Received 18 Feb 2005Ilex House 48 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BT
Received 4 Dec 2011Gunters Mead The Roundway Rustington BN16 2BW
Received 1 May 2018The New Inn 5 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5PL
Received 8 Jul 2013Land adjacent to and adjoining the River Arun LIttlehampton BN17
Received 26 Feb 2014Records 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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