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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.
7,823 approved · 993 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Sussex Street Littlehampton BN17 6JD
Received 8 May 201821 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AB
Received 21 Jul 202695 Sunningdale Gardens North Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9LE
Received 6 Aug 2020The Swan Hotel 27-29 High Street Arundel BN18 9AG
Received 15 Mar 201834 Kingsway Aldwick PO21
Received 23 Aug 2019Clytha Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BA
Received 26 Jun 2018Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 8 Jun 202638 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 3 Sept 202011A Outerwyke Avenue Felpham PO22 8JH
Received 18 Aug 202127 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 15 May 2018Flat 1 Regis House Richmond Road Bognor Regis PO21 1BU
Received 17 Nov 20187 Birch Close Arundel BN18 9HN
Received 17 Dec 2021The Square House Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TS
Received 14 Sept 202625 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DQ
Received 15 Jun 20207 Hadley Close Middleton on Sea Bognor Regis PO22 6PC
Received 15 May 201945 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DS
Received 8 Mar 2026The Mill Cottage Mill Lane Walberton Arundel BN18 0QE
Received 10 Jul 202032 The Parkway Rustington BN16 2BU
Received 22 Jun 2021Land At Salt Box West Of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 8 Oct 202035 Willowhale Avenue Aldwick PO21 4BG
Received 12 Nov 2025Land to the South of Ford Lane East of North End Road Yapton
Received 13 Nov 2019Cornerways Dental Practice Weavers Hill Angmering BN16 4BE
Received 4 Feb 2020Land West of Church Lane & South of Horsemere Green Lane Climping
Received 17 Apr 2025Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 1 Sept 2021Records 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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