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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,659 approved · 975 refused · 481 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Boathouse 133 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1PD
Received 14 Oct 2025Tortington Manor, The Chapel House Ford Road Arundel BN18 0FE
Received 26 May 20203 Orchard Crescent Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SD
Received 4 May 2021The Warren High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 18 Dec 20183 The Grove Felpham PO22 7EY
Received 15 Nov 2018The Lion Hotel Nyetimber Lane Pagham PO21 3JX
Received 9 Nov 202010 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 1 Oct 202048 Fish Lane Aldwick PO21 3AH
Received 16 Jun 20263 Lavender Court Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LX
Received 13 Aug 202034 Colebrook Road Littlehampton BN17 7NS
Received 3 Dec 20182 Shipfield Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4AE
Received 28 Jun 2021117 Elmer Road Elmer PO22 6LH
Received 10 May 20194 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QS
Received 6 Aug 202516 Westmorland Drive Felpham PO22 8LX
Received 22 Jun 2020Phase 3 Parcel A2 Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 26 Jan 2022Empty Supermarket Premises Avon Road Littlehampton BN17 6AT
Received 6 Aug 2020Land at Salt Box West of Shripney Road Bersted
Received 27 Nov 20203 Tanglewood The Parkway Rustington BN16 2BS
Received 1 Oct 202510 Copse View East Preston BN16 1AY
Received 21 Aug 2020Broadlees Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 23 Jul 20181 Harefield Road Middleton-on-sea PO22 6EB
Received 4 Feb 2026106 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4EA
Received 5 May 2021The Fallows Highground Lane BARNHAM PO22 0BT
Received 25 Oct 2018Scyld Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 22 Dec 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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