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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.
8,243 approved · 1,037 refused · 490 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
43 Sea Lane Pagham PO21 4UW
Received 19 Jul 2021Land outside 1-3 Broadmark Lane and 8-9 Broadmark Parade BN16 2NE
Received 24 Sept 20258 Elm Farm Cottages Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3FD
Received 10 Jun 201911 Collins Close Eastergate PO20 3JT
Received 5 Mar 201843 Oldlands Way Bersted PO22 9SE
Received 29 Mar 2018Swanbourne Park Land east of Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 2 May 201823 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 29 Jun 2021The Spinney Woodland adjoining North Bersted Street Bersted
Received 4 Sept 2026Land adjacent to Unit E Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Received 11 Mar 2026Land at Drove Farm Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 22 Oct 202580 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6QE
Received 24 Jul 2018Springmere 95 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 25 Jun 202015 A Western Road Littlehampton BN17 5NP
Received 6 Jul 201827 Oxford Drive Aldwick PO21 5QU
Received 13 Sept 2020Osborne Refrigerators 148 Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3EG
Received 3 Dec 2025Lyminster House Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 1 Apr 2019Little Haven Thorndene Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2TP
Received 20 May 2021Land adj Mistletoe Farm Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 13 Apr 202121 Brook Lane Ferring BN12 5JE
Received 24 Jan 201884 Southfields Road Littlehampton BN17 6PB
Received 13 Feb 202088B Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2TT
Received 9 Aug 2021Cherry Trees Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 2 Aug 2019Flat 2 Oakhurst 22-24 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1FW
Received 27 Sept 2019Northfields Farm Herbary Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RX
Received 9 Nov 2017Records 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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