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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.
8,350 approved · 1,055 refused · 494 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shafiques The Square Angmering BN16 4EF
Received 11 May 2019Madingley The Thatchway Angmering BN16 4HJ
Received 12 May 2026Asda Ferring Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 21 May 201844 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7AP
Received 21 Jan 2019Langford Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 24 Jan 2022Preston Hall, Flat 3 The Street East Preston BN16 1HU
Received 14 May 2021The Wilkes Head ancillary building Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 17 Jul 20179-11 Abbeyfield Richmond Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2YE
Received 6 May 2021Medowsley Westergate Street Aldingbourne PO20 3QS
Received 6 Feb 20185 The Drive Bognor Regis PO21 4DU
Received 23 Nov 20209 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8HX
Received 14 May 202655 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PL
Received 28 Jul 20205 The Crescent Pagham PO21 4RU
Received 15 Jul 201923 Aldwick Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 3QT
Received 16 Apr 2019Former Shrublands Nursery Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AT
Received 26 Mar 20211 Greenways Crescent Ferring BN12 5EF
Received 2 Jul 2026Small woodland area in front of 1 West Preston Manor Preston Paddock Rustington BN16 2AF
Received 10 Dec 20192 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QJ
Received 2 Mar 202258 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 8 Jun 201811 Sea Way Middleton-on-sea PO22 7RZ
Received 25 May 202221 The Fairway Aldwick Bay Aldwick PO21 4ES
Received 13 Dec 2019Land Adjacent 1 Orchard Way Fontwell Arundel BN18 0SH
Received 20 Sept 20214 Canterbury Close Pagham PO21 3QX
Received 22 Jan 2021Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 20 Sept 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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