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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.
8,502 approved · 1,072 refused · 507 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oldlands Farm Cottages Steyning Way Bersted PO22 9NN
Received 7 Feb 2022ASDA Ferring Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 21 May 2018Moorings Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SQ
Received 30 Nov 2021Land to the rear of Meadow Way Westergate
Received 25 Aug 2026Land south of Barnham Station Barnham
Received 24 Nov 202016 Madehurst Way Littlehampton BN17 6HD
Received 20 Oct 201715 The Croft Bersted PO21 5TH
Received 9 Aug 202134 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1ER
Received 17 Jul 20202 The Street East Preston BN16 1JJ
Received 14 Jan 202218 Ashmere Lane Felpham PO22 7QT
Received 29 Jul 2026Littlehampton Sportsfield, Store St Floras Road Littlehampton BN17 6BD
Received 24 Mar 2026Flats 1 & 2 28 New Road Littlehampton BN17 7QZ
Received 7 Nov 201733 Hawke Close Rustington BN16 2AT
Received 3 Apr 20181-22 Greenfields Penn Close Middleton-on-sea PO22 7SS
Received 10 Jul 2025Land East Of Kingston House Kingston Lane Kingsto BN16 1RP
Received 25 Sept 20268 Mill View Road Yapton BN18 0JL
Received 1 Mar 2019Land North of Barnham Road Eastergate
Received 21 Dec 202018 Pembroke Way Aldwick PO21 5PX
Received 22 Aug 2018Kingsboro Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 5 Apr 2018Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 20 Sept 2020Land South Of Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 23 Mar 202154 Arundel Road Littlehampton BN17 7DD
Received 12 Oct 2020The Spires Springfield Close Rustington BN16 2SZ
Received 16 Jul 2019The Barn Arundel Road Aldingbourne PO18 0JX
Received 27 Nov 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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