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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8,444 approved · 1,065 refused · 503 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Hamilton Drive Rustington BN16 3TQ
Received 13 Jul 2021Padraig Place 6 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-on-sea PO22 6JN
Received 4 Jun 202638 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TS
Received 14 Apr 20212 Rose Cottages Climping Street Climping BN17 5RH
Received 21 Aug 202562 Westlands Littlehampton BN16 3NW
Received 28 Apr 2019Smugglers 4 Botany Close Rustington BN16 2BH
Received 20 Nov 2019Outside 10, 30, 33 41 and 44 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 5 Oct 2020Sefter Cottage Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 7 Mar 202219 St Marys Meadow Yapton BN18 0EE
Received 19 Mar 2019Stratton 9 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 4 Dec 2025Land to the south of Ford Lane and East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 22 Jan 20213 Northcote Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LZ
Received 14 Sept 20177 Milton Close Rustington BN16 2PN
Received 29 May 20229 Kings Drive Pagham PO21 4PY
Received 19 Jan 202135 Glamis Street Bognor Regis PO21 1DJ
Received 21 Jan 2026Holly Lodge 3 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4BY
Received 14 Feb 202037A London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PQ
Received 18 Apr 2018Church Farm Holiday Village Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NR
Received 10 May 202128 Lionel Avenue Felpham PO22 8LG
Received 6 Sept 2021Corner House The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 26 Jan 20261-20 Churchill Parade, 125-166 The Street 103-133 The Street, Churchill Court Rustington
Received 25 Sept 20209 Preston Avenue Rustington BN16 2DE
Received 25 Nov 2018Charleston 25 Angmering Lane East Preston Rustington BN16 2TA
Received 8 Oct 201956 Aldwick Felds Aldwick PO21 3TT
Received 1 Feb 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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