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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.
8,436 approved · 1,065 refused · 495 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
394 Chichester Road North Bersted Bognor Regis PO21 5BU
Received 6 Nov 202034 Downview Close Yapton BN18 0LD
Received 16 Apr 201815 Marlborough Court Aldwick PO21 5QH
Received 16 Jan 2018Church Lane Pagham Bognor Regis PO21 4NR
Received 2 Apr 2026Flat 1 4 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 21 May 2019Land north of Sefter Road 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 9 Apr 2026Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road Rustington BN16 2LZ
Received 14 May 20262 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 18 Jun 201931 Tarrant Wharf Arundel BN18 9NY
Received 26 Apr 2022Woodgate Centre Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO203GU
Received 2 Dec 202526 Sea Lane Gardens Ferring BN12 5EQ
Received 17 Feb 2022Eastergate Pumping Station Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RZ
Received 4 Jan 20221 Town Hall Yard Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 2 Nov 2020Mistletoe Farm Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 2 Dec 202135 Park Drive Yapton BN18 0JF
Received 17 Mar 202166 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JP
Received 21 Nov 2018Kinghtscroft House Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RT
Received 31 Jan 20213 Beatty Road Bognor Regis PO21 2HD
Received 17 Mar 2021Land at Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton
Received 23 Jun 2017New Era House Oldlands Way Bognor Regis PO22 9NQ
Received 16 Apr 201814 Leonora Drive Pagham PO21 3NW
Received 9 Mar 2018107 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QB
Received 5 Mar 2021Land to North of New Road Angmering
Received 25 May 2021The Old Warehouse, Flat 2 Arun Street Arundel BN18 9DL
Received 10 Feb 2019Records 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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