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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.
8,127 approved · 1,024 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 15 Dec 2020Fairmead Farm Land Binsted Lane Binsted Arundel BN18 0LQ
Received 12 Jun 2019The Cottage Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PA
Received 24 Dec 2025Land at Phase 1A Oldlands Farm Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 29 Jun 202047 Fish Lane Aldwick Bognor PO21 3AB
Received 7 Jun 2021Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Bognor Regis
Received 16 Jan 2017Land east of Forge House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UP
Received 22 Nov 2017Communal Garden Elmer Sands Estate Adj 18 Manor Way MIddleton on Sea PO22 6JD
Received 27 Dec 2018Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 23 Jun 2026Nursery Fields Land to the North of Chalcraft Lane West Bersted PO21 5TS
Received 9 Dec 20203 Highcroft Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 8DQ
Received 14 Jan 2020The Secret House Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 16 Jul 20184 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4BZ
Received 21 Jun 2021Fig Tree House Littleheath Road Aldingbourne BN18 0SR
Received 25 Aug 202654 Pinehurst Park Aldwick PO21 3DX
Received 15 Nov 2020Wilmington Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 20 Jul 2026Roseland Walberton Green Walberton BN18 0AT
Received 28 Feb 2018Former Westside Supplies Unit West of 17 to18 Durban Road Bognor Regis PO22 9QT
Received 26 Nov 2021The Wilkes Head ancillary building Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 17 Jul 2017101 Flansham Park Bognor Regis PO22 6RD
Received 21 May 2021Three Decks 1 Sea Way Elmer
Received 5 Feb 2018Woodland adj to Foxes Close, Hamilton Drive, Summerlea Close and Hutchinson Close Rustington
Received 5 Aug 2021The Royal Norfolk Hotel The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 2LH
Received 18 Jul 2019The Spotted Cow High Street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 11 May 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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