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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8,444 approved · 1,065 refused · 505 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Arundel C of E Primary School Jarvis Road BN18 9HT
Received 1 Jul 2021Land at Electricity Sub Station Ford Road Arundel BN18 9DX
Received 11 May 202271 Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QL
Received 1 Mar 2022The Ladydell site Hangleton Lane Ferring BN12 6PP
Received 3 Aug 202118 Pine Trees Close Angmering BN16 4LT
Received 23 Nov 20186 Fairlands East Preston BN16 1LH
Received 5 Feb 20262 Larkspur Close Littlehampton BN17 6WB
Received 20 Oct 2021Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 19 Dec 2019St Marys Close Hurst Road Rustington BN16 3AP
Received 31 Jul 201814 Bittern Avenue Yapton BN18 0BW
Received 5 Oct 202615 Evelyn Avenue Rustington BN16 2EJ
Received 19 Feb 2026The Willows 231 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QG
Received 4 Dec 2019Pagham Football Club Nyetimber Lane Bognor Regis PO21 3JY
Received 2 Mar 20213 Solent Close Littlehampton BN17 6SQ
Received 15 Apr 20205 Oxford Street Bognor Regis PO21 2PG
Received 5 Jan 202275 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LH
Received 23 Nov 2020Land adjacent to Community Centre Westloats Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5JZ
Received 2 Aug 2018St Briac South Strand East Preston BN16 1NY
Received 29 Nov 2019Hangar 1 Ford Circular Technology Park Ford Road Ford BN18 0XL
Received 29 May 2026Stitches And Frames The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 13 Jan 202254 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 4 Jun 202155A Linden Road Bognor Regis PO21 2BB
Received 6 Nov 202016 Dalloway Road Arundel BN18 9HW
Received 12 Jun 2018Dove Cottage 76 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 1 Feb 2022Records 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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