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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.
7,951 approved · 1,006 refused · 485 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PW
Received 9 Feb 2026Cottrell House High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 2 Mar 202018 Mayfield Close Pagham PO21 3PL
Received 20 Jun 20184 Trinity Way Westmeads Bognor Regis PO21 5RQ
Received 14 Dec 201825 Westingway Bognor Regis PO21 2XX
Received 31 Mar 2020The William Hardwicke 12 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SR
Received 2 Jul 20187 Tuscan Avenue Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TE
Received 17 May 202141 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 17 Nov 2025Land south of garage compound & East of 12 Alfriston Close Felpham PO22 6QE
Received 23 Jun 2019Land adjacent to Sefter School House Sefter Road Bognor Regis
Received 22 Apr 2022St Marys Close Hurst Road Rustington BN16 3AP
Received 4 Mar 2019Onslow Caravan Park Onslow Drive Ferring BN12 5RX
Received 5 Feb 2021General Henrys 31 Horsham Road Littlehampton BN17 6BZ
Received 20 Apr 20188 Seawaves Close East Preston BN16 1LQ
Received 12 Dec 20217 A'Becket's Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 4LX
Received 17 Aug 2020Land to the west of Inglenook Hotel 255 Pagham Road Nyetimber PO21 3QB
Received 7 Apr 202514 First Avenue Felpham PO22 7LG
Received 2 Sept 202512 Howard Road Arundel BN18 9EL
Received 21 Jan 2019Sandy Lodge Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SF
Received 27 May 2021Land West Of Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 6 Jun 201932 Apple Grove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 7 Jan 2022Gendarshe (now Sea Song) Manor Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6LA
Received 3 Jun 20193 Forge Cottages The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 26 Nov 201859 Palmer Road Angmering BN16 4LJ
Received 21 Mar 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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