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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.
8,269 approved · 1,042 refused · 490 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Goodacres Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SF
Received 4 Jan 202157 Navigation Drive Yapton Arundel BN18 0FR
Received 24 Sept 2026The Long House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UP
Received 27 Jan 202169 Wick Farm Road Littlehampton BN17 7HL
Received 21 Sept 2021Lidl Store Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 7 Dec 2020The Laurels Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 20 Mar 20217 Elm Farm Cottages Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3FD
Received 30 May 2019The Red House Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QZ
Received 13 Jun 201914 East Bank North End Road Yapton BN18 0DJ
Received 27 Oct 202013 Grosvenor Gardens Aldwick PO21 3EY
Received 30 Mar 2026Land At Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 4 Mar 2020Land East of Kingston House Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1RP
Received 1 Mar 2018The Maples 45 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2TQ
Received 1 Mar 2019Land To East Of New Place Bungalow Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 22 Oct 201932 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN
Received 9 Jan 20196 Firs Avenue Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 8PX
Received 11 May 2021Middleton House Yapton Road Middleton PO22 6DU
Received 1 Aug 201837 Hill Lane Barnham PO22 0BL
Received 9 May 20184 Normandy Lane East Preston BN16 1LZ
Received 15 Jul 2020Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road Rustington BN16 2LZ
Received 25 Feb 202211 Fleet Close Littlehampton BN17 6SD
Received 9 Feb 20262 Meadow Way Littlehampton BN17 6BW
Received 12 Mar 202119 Singleton Crescent Ferring BN12 5DE
Received 19 Apr 2022116 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PL
Received 15 Apr 2026Records 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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