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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.
8,111 approved · 1,024 refused · 487 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 18 Queens Lane Arundel BN18 9JN
Received 13 Aug 2026Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 6 Apr 202117 Balliol Close Aldwick PO21 5QE
Received 22 Jan 20184 Dalloway Road Arundel BN18 9HW
Received 6 Mar 201855-57 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 11 Apr 201917 Poulner Close Felpham PO22 8HN
Received 15 Jun 2020Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering West Sussex BN16 4AL
Received 29 Oct 2018The White Cottage West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 18 Mar 2019Craigweil Manor Craigweil Bognor Regis PO21 4DJ
Received 30 May 2019Rose Cottage Priors Waye Pagham PO21 3JU
Received 20 May 2022Show Home And Marketing Suite 1 Buxton Crescent Angmering BN16 4SQ
Received 26 Jun 2026P and O Scaffolding Ltd Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 22 Apr 2026Land adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road PO20 3SU
Received 16 Apr 2026Blue Haze 37 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 23 Nov 2020Former Poultry Farm land West of Yapton Road Middleton-on-sea PO22 6DY
Received 17 Dec 202555 Warren Crescent East Preston BN16 1BL
Received 27 Jul 202024 Lane End Road Middleton-on-sea PO22 6LT
Received 4 Feb 2026Land At Salt Box West Of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 27 Feb 2020Arundel Town Hall Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 3 Jul 20207 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TR
Received 17 Feb 2026Merrymeet 25 Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 21 Mar 2018Land Rear (South) of Sundown Littleheath Road Aldingbourne BN18 0SR
Received 1 Jun 20215 Larchfield Close Aldwick PO21 4RB
Received 26 Sept 2019Rear of Rookery Farm North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AG
Received 1 Jul 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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