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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.
9,062 approved · 1,117 refused · 531 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Babsham Business Centre Babsham Lane Bersted PO21 5EL
Received 21 Jun 2017Stoneyfield Cottages Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SL
Received 20 Apr 2022Old Bank House 3 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 11 Nov 202015 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TJ
Received 5 May 2022Land to rear of 141 Wick Street Littlehampton BN17 7JY
Received 13 Mar 2019Brierly 21 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5HL
Received 8 Sept 20206 Ceres Place Felpham PO22 7RG
Received 24 Aug 2017The Old House 37 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 3 Dec 202125 Penarth Gardens Thornlea Court Littlehampton BN17 7QA
Received 5 Sept 201852 St. Marys Close Littlehampton BN17 5QQ
Received 2 Oct 201743 St Georges Walk Eastergate PO20 3XS
Received 2 May 201722 Johnson Way Ford BN18 0TS
Received 5 Oct 2026Old Bank House 1 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 16 Aug 20212 Priory Close Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4HH
Received 24 Mar 2020Mistletoe Farm Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 26 Jan 2021194-196 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QB
Received 21 Aug 2026Cherry Tree Nursery Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 17 Dec 2025Bexstone House Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RT
Received 9 Aug 201970 Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3EY
Received 23 May 201810 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HG
Received 10 Aug 202656 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PW
Received 30 Mar 2018Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 21 Jul 20216 Grand Avenue Littlehampton BN17 7NG
Received 18 Sept 2021Land at Nyton Road Nyton Nursery Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UQ
Received 4 Apr 2022Records 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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