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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8,444 approved · 1,065 refused · 503 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Weavers Cottage 259 Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 18 Nov 202517 Homefield Crescent Walberton BN18 0PX
Received 3 Aug 2018Trendles 31 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 13 Oct 202545 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 17 Mar 202231 Devonshire Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SY
Received 18 Mar 201959 Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1ND
Received 7 Feb 20185 South Walk Middleton PO22 7RW
Received 1 Feb 2021Tanglewood 3 The Parkway Rustington BN16 2BS
Received 22 Sept 2020Rosemary Cottage 64A Downview Road Barnham PO22 0EE
Received 11 May 2021In front of 24 New Barn Lane, 6-8 Roundle Square and 17 Roundle Square within the Roundle Estate Felpham PO22 8QG
Received 9 Apr 201927 Ivy Close Westergate PO20 3RF
Received 27 Feb 201817 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7ET
Received 17 Nov 2025The Lion Public House Nyetimber Lane Bognor Regis PO21 3JX
Received 28 Aug 20252 Wick Parade Wick Street Littlehampton BN17 7JQ
Received 30 Jun 2021Scorton 9 Lime Tree Close East Preston BN16 1JA
Received 20 Oct 2020Land At Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 5 Jun 201819 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 24 Jun 2021Roundstone Farm Shop Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PW
Received 27 Jul 2017194-196 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QB
Received 3 Nov 2025Land at Salt Box West of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9FP
Received 6 Apr 202212 West Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RP
Received 15 Oct 2020Land adjacent to Byfields Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3US
Received 27 Mar 2021Land North of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 22 Feb 2019Rudford Industrial Estate, Unit J1, J2 & Z Ford Road Ford BN18 0BF
Received 1 Apr 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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