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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.
7,753 approved · 983 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land at junction of Hollyhock Way and Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6SH
Received 27 May 20224 Broadmark Way Rustington BN16 2EY
Received 18 Mar 202014-18 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BG
Received 7 Mar 2018Land at Lineside Industrial Estate Northwest of Unit 26 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 6 Oct 201719 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 19 Jun 2019Land adjacent to 1 Cambridge Walk Aldwick PO21 5RL
Received 9 Dec 202024 Cherry Avenue Yapton BN18 0LB
Received 24 Mar 20214 Preston Paddock Rustington BN16 2AA
Received 4 Jun 2021Barton Manor Barton Close Pagham PO21 4FH
Received 8 Mar 2018132A Elmer Road Bognor Regis PO22 6HZ
Received 5 May 2021Land At Toddington Farm North And West Of 1 To 3 Toddington Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 1 Aug 201942 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BT
Received 7 Nov 2018Elm Cottage 30 The Street Rustington BN16 3NX
Received 2 Jan 20199 Roundle Road Felpham PO22 8NL
Received 11 Jul 2018Folly House Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 13 Jul 2020Mutiny Bay 11 Derwent Grove Felpham PO22 8NE
Received 15 Aug 2019New Circular Technology Park (Former Ford Blockworks) Ford Airfield Industrial Estate Ford Arundel BN18 0HY
Received 13 Jun 2018181 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HT
Received 5 Jan 202150 St Floras Road Littlehampton BN17 6BB
Received 4 Jan 2019Clymping Mill Clymping Street Clymping BN175RN
Received 13 Nov 2018Land East Side of 21 Tennyson Road. Bognor Regis PO21 2SB
Received 1 Apr 20226 Firs Avenue West Felpham PO22 8PZ
Received 29 May 201942 The Causeway Pagham PO21 4PG
Received 23 Jul 20191 Old Moat Close Bersted PO22 9UP
Received 25 Jan 2018Records 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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