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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7,776 approved · 984 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 East Front Road Pagham PO21 4SU
Received 23 Mar 2022Hazel Cottage Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 27 Jan 2020Tyrone House Norton Lane Norton PO20 3NH
Received 4 Sept 2020Enterprise Unit 1-5 Harwood Road Littlehampton BN17 7AT
Received 27 Jun 20183 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 16 May 201811 Winchester Road Rustington BN16 3RH
Received 6 Sept 2020Shell Eastfield Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LE
Received 5 Apr 2019Myrtle Cottage 67 Mead Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AW
Received 7 May 201917 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RJ
Received 2 Jul 2026Surgery, 85 The Street Rustington BN16 3NL
Received 27 Jun 201921 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HR
Received 12 Sept 20255 Hobbs Court, The Potting Barn Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 4 Feb 201932 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 19 Feb 202115 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 25 Apr 2019Baycourt 24 The Fairway Bognor Regis PO21 5LX
Received 11 Feb 2019Land the rear of HIghground House and Orchard End Barnham
Received 1 Mar 2022Aldingbourne Nurseries Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TU
Received 11 Oct 20193 Priory Road Rustington BN16 3PZ
Received 28 May 20264 Mill Close Rustington BN16 3HR
Received 28 Sept 2018Hardy House 25 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 20 Sept 2021Cox's Farm Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AJ
Received 29 Apr 2019230 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BA
Received 17 Sept 202148 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 14 Oct 202010 Overdown Road Felpham PO22 7HW
Received 27 Apr 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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