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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.
7,779 approved · 985 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QX
Received 31 May 2022Fairways Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 10 Feb 2021Noelbury Court Flat 3 5 Stocker Road Bognor Regis PO21 2QH
Received 7 Aug 202040 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 2 Aug 201859 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 26 Nov 202568 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 13 Oct 2020Land adjacent to 1 Orchard Way Fontwell BN18 0SH
Received 1 Feb 20225 Ferring Grange Gardens Ferring BN12 5HS
Received 2 Feb 202230 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DY
Received 26 Jan 202113 Peregrine Road Littlehampton BN17 6DT
Received 7 Aug 2019Thatched House Inn 8 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EJ
Received 25 Mar 2021119 Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QD
Received 7 Jan 2022St Johns Priory Poling Street Poling BN18 9PS
Received 29 Aug 2026Southmead Canons Close Aldwick PO21 4EB
Received 9 Mar 2022Sunflowers, Hobbs Court Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 9 Sept 202016A Cumberland Road Angmering BN16 4BG
Received 17 Jan 2020Land West of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RX
Received 14 Jan 202217 Nyewood Lane Aldwick PO21 2QB
Received 15 Sept 2020Manitou 23 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2AY
Received 8 Mar 2019Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 21 Aug 2020Land at West End Nursery Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 19 Oct 202112 Reef Close Littlehampton BN17 6QG
Received 16 Mar 2022Land at Downs Way/Heathfield Avenue Downs Way East Preston BN16 1AB
Received 12 Mar 2021226 Manor Way ALDWICK PO21 4HS
Received 23 Sept 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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