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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.
9,060 approved · 1,117 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mallon Dene Rustington BN16 2JP
Received 21 Apr 2021Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 28 Jan 20228 Telgarth Road Ferring BN12 5PX
Received 13 May 202031 Grove Crescent Littlehampton BN17 6AD
Received 28 May 20268 Madeira Parade Madeira Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 8DX
Received 10 Oct 202514 Buckland Drive Pagham PO21 3LJ
Received 30 Jan 201876-78 Elmer Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EX
Received 16 Nov 2020186 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BJ
Received 29 Jul 201969 Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2SD
Received 10 May 2018251 Pagham Road & the Land R/O 251 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QB
Received 15 May 201736 - 38 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BH
Received 25 Jul 201887 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QT
Received 12 Jul 2019Land North of Sefter Road & 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 5 May 2022Unit 1 Lineside Way Arndale Road Littlehampton BN17 7EH
Received 10 Oct 201763 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 25 May 2017Fitzalan Link Road Corridor Littlehampton
Received 22 Jan 2026Westfield Court Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5AQ
Received 20 Jun 201819 Finches Close Littlehampton BN17 7GU
Received 5 Mar 2022Quercus Nursery Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 6 Apr 201836 Lime Avenue Aldingbourne PO20 3UF
Received 28 Sept 2018The Old Cottage Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 16 Jan 2020Outerwyke Farmhouse 55 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8PU
Received 20 Oct 202574 Elmer Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EX
Received 5 Feb 202182 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AN
Received 26 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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