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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.
7,776 approved · 984 refused · 483 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Arun Way Aldwick PO21 4HF
Received 1 Oct 2018Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 16 Jul 20208 Hunters Mews Walberton BN18 0UW
Received 23 Apr 2018Rabbit Island Rear of 84 Brooks Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8DN
Received 22 Apr 20264 The Byeway Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4ER
Received 7 Aug 2020Long Acre Littleheath Road Aldingbourne BN18 0SR
Received 14 Aug 2020Fleurie Nursery Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AL
Received 19 Jun 202526 Westway Bognor Regis PO22 8BZ
Received 24 May 2022Beach House Havelock Close Felpham PO22 7AY
Received 12 Apr 202260 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LG
Received 15 Aug 2018Land at Nyton Road and Northfields Lane, Land off of Fontwell Avenue PO20 3UW
Received 2 Apr 2020Cliveden Beach Close Aldwick PO21 4EN
Received 11 Nov 2019West House 151 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 23 Apr 2021Stratton 9 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 17 Sept 2021Land west of Brook Lane and south of A259 Rustington BN16 3JL
Received 24 May 2018Land North of Toddington Lane Littlehampton
Received 29 Jun 20204 Beechlands Cottages Beechlands Close East Preston BN16 1JT
Received 16 May 2022Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 14 Dec 2021Copthorne Cottage 4 Preston Avenue Rustington BN16 2DB
Received 11 Jun 2026The Manor House 48 The Street Rustington BN16 3NR
Received 1 Sept 202012 Hunters Close Aldwick Bay Estate Aldwick PO21 4HR
Received 24 Apr 201935 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JH
Received 31 May 201820 First Avenue Felpham PO22 7LG
Received 27 Aug 2021Sea Road Beach Access Sea Road East Preston
Received 15 Dec 2025Records 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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