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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.
7,960 approved · 1,006 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Highview Road Eastergate PO20 3XB
Received 15 May 20264 The Hard Elmer Middleton-on-sea PO22 6JS
Received 17 Sept 2026Land on south side of Eldon Way Litttlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 26 Oct 2021Former Aldingbourne Post Office Westergate Street Woodgate PO20 3QL
Received 30 Nov 202029 Rosemead Littlehampton BN17 6UH
Received 24 Dec 20209 Surrey Street Arundel BN18 9DT
Received 5 Jul 201827 Park Drive Rustington BN16 3DZ
Received 3 Jul 2019Land at Bilsham Road
Received 25 Jan 202299 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 18 Mar 2022Unit 3 Newlands Road Bersted PO22 9FJ
Received 25 Sept 2025Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 27 Aug 2025Unit 3 Ferry Road Littlehampton Marina Littlehampton BN17 5DS
Received 31 Jul 2019Copsefield Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 4 Mar 20263 Maltravers Drive Littlehampton BN17 5EY
Received 22 Oct 2021Ambulance Station East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 2 Jan 202631 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TQ
Received 15 Nov 202171 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5AE
Received 25 Nov 2021GTR New Site Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SB
Received 4 Oct 2026Land Northwest of West Kingston House Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1QX
Received 26 Jun 2018Unit 9 Salt Box Field Land off Rowan Way Bersted PO22 9NW
Received 25 May 202229 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LL
Received 20 Apr 20182 Balmoral Close Aldwick PO21 4PP
Received 27 Jan 202157 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JP
Received 31 Mar 2021Flat 7 3 Fitzalan Road Littlehampton BN17 5JL
Received 27 Jun 2019Records 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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