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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.
8,361 approved · 1,059 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shore House Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 30 Oct 20201 Old Rectory Court Vicarage Lane Felpham PO22 7EW
Received 29 Oct 2018Land to the south of Ford Lane and East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 15 Jul 20217 Alleyne Way Elmer Middleton on Sea PO22 6JZ
Received 24 Nov 2017229 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QG
Received 1 Jun 20202 Downview Road Yapton BN18 0HS
Received 3 Feb 20263 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 27 Feb 2018The Old School Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9QE
Received 17 Sept 2018Little Oaks Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JB
Received 12 Nov 202123 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN
Received 19 Jul 2019Littlehampton Wave Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 18 Jun 2020Environment Agency, Ford Depot Station Road Ford BN18 0BH
Received 26 Aug 202617 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 12 Aug 202122 Tudor Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DN
Received 8 Apr 202116 Roundle Square Felpham PO22 8LB
Received 23 Oct 20182 Burngreave Court Bognor Regis PO21 2TZ
Received 11 Jul 2018110 Southfields Road Littlehampton BN17 6PD
Received 27 Sept 2018Rond Point Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 9 Apr 202126 Westlands Rustington BN16 3NW
Received 8 Oct 2021Land East of Wandleys Lane Fontwell
Received 28 Sept 202618 Boleyn Drive Pagham PO21 3LG
Received 4 Jul 2020Flat 14 Elizabeth Court Park Terrace Bognor Regis PO21 2NH
Received 12 Nov 2018421 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BU
Received 2 Jul 201813 Grand Avenue Littlehampton BN17 7NG
Received 9 Nov 2018Records 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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