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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.
7,978 approved · 1,007 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land at Street Building North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 23 Apr 202032 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LJ
Received 1 Mar 201953 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RX
Received 12 Apr 2021The Pagham Club 2 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SY
Received 1 Aug 201910 Cohen Close Aldingbourne PO20 3TD
Received 2 Oct 2018Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 18 Feb 202024 Sussex Street Littlehampton BN17 6JD
Received 26 Feb 201912 Willowhayne Avenue East Preston BN16 1PC
Received 19 Nov 2019Bradlaw House 5 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1EJ
Received 20 Feb 2018Nyton House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 21 Feb 202215-17 Kew Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 5RD
Received 27 Jan 202074 Elmer Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6EX
Received 9 Nov 201816 Vicarage Lane Felpham PO22 7DZ
Received 20 Nov 2018The Steddles North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 8 Feb 202180 Worthing Road Rustington BN16 3LL
Received 24 Apr 2026Bishop Tufnell C Of E Junior And Infant School Pennyfields Felpham PO22 6BN
Received 4 Dec 2019North west verge to rear of 12 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2DX
Received 25 Oct 20189 Birdham Close Bersted PO21 5TD
Received 11 Jul 2026Beach Lodge 1 Strand Way Felpham PO22 7LH
Received 6 Mar 20183 Butts Mead Wick Littlehampton BN17 6GP
Received 10 Dec 20203 Southview Road Felpham PO22 7JA
Received 23 Feb 202117 Drake Park Felpham PO22 7QG
Received 17 Apr 2019Atherington House Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DE
Received 19 Feb 2026Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 27 Apr 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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