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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.
8,444 approved · 1,065 refused · 502 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Blakes Road Felpham PO22 7EE
Received 14 Oct 2020Old Place Farm House Old Place Farm Rectory Lane Angmering BN16 4JU
Received 10 Feb 202665 Stanley Road Littlehampton BN17 6JF
Received 22 Jan 2021Land at the Southern End of Cinders Lane Cinders Lane Yapton BN18 0JJ
Received 6 Mar 2020Mellotron 8 Dukes Road Fontwell BN18 0SP
Received 4 Apr 2022Former Windroos Nursery Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LY
Received 6 Feb 201910 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4BZ
Received 27 Jun 2018Fitzalan Link Road Littlehampton BN17 6FE
Received 5 Jun 2020The Wilkes Head Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 15 Aug 2017Ryebank Farmhouse New Barn Gravetts Lane Climping BN17 5RF
Received 1 Jun 202066-66A Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DD
Received 26 Nov 201817 Holly Drive Littlehampton BN17 6LB
Received 13 Oct 2017Mrs T Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UN
Received 18 Nov 201958 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8NF
Received 25 Apr 20229 Copthorne Way Aldwick PO21 3DY
Received 20 Apr 2018Phase 2B Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 6 Dec 202123 Blakehurst Way Littlehampton BN17 6HE
Received 16 Nov 2021Sandgate House South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 15 Jun 201941 Ash Grove Bognor Regis PO22 9JT
Received 28 Jun 2021Wicks Farm, Office 1 Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 26 Oct 2018Junction of Wyke Lane North/Roundle Rd and Roundle Square, o/s 1 & 2 Roundle Avenue and West side of Roundle Square Felpham PO22 8LB
Received 16 Aug 202116 Bereweeke Road Felpham PO22 7EQ
Received 31 Jul 201933 Tennyson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SA
Received 5 Apr 2018Riverwood Centre Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 15 Dec 2025Records 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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