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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.
9,018 approved · 1,116 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 16 May 2017Directors Cottage Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 27 Jul 201731A - 33 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QD
Received 14 May 201926 Christchurch Crescent Aldwick PO21 5SP
Received 1 Oct 201819 West Close Middleton-on-sea PO22 7RP
Received 25 Apr 2026Palm Cottage 62 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BT
Received 19 Mar 2020Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 25 Feb 2020Land East of Windy Ridge Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 22 Dec 2017Flat 1 St Marys Court 32 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EU
Received 13 Feb 2026Allotments rear of Ivy Lane Aldingbourne PO22 6DL
Received 23 Aug 20179 South View East Preston BN16 1PX
Received 2 Feb 2020Land south of Ford Lane and East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 20 Apr 202176 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1DD
Received 24 Oct 20186 The Old Slipway River Road Arundel BN18 9EY
Received 15 Jun 2020105 Upper Bognor Road Felpham PO21 1JP
Received 28 Nov 2018Beggars Roost 207 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HW
Received 24 Apr 2019Land At Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 25 Jul 2018112 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2EJ
Received 25 Apr 2021Church Farm Holiday Village Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NR
Received 15 May 20173 Central Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TT
Received 1 Jun 2018Land at Southern end of Cinders Lane Cinders Lane Yapton BN18 0JJ
Received 17 May 2022Land North of Mayflower Way Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 1 Sept 2020Land North Of Unit 26 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 1 Mar 202216 St Mary's Close Littlehampton BN17 5PZ
Received 14 Jun 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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