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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8,502 approved · 1,072 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Downs House Avisford Park Road Walberton BN18 0AP
Received 3 Aug 2017Nyton House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 10 Sept 2018Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 1 Nov 20196 Glynde Close Ferring BN12 5BJ
Received 18 Aug 202620 Pine Trees Close Angmering BN16 4LT
Received 12 May 202277B Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JH
Received 19 Jul 2017Church House Church Lane Yapton West Sussex BN18 0EH
Received 24 Aug 202098 Elmer Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6LJ
Received 5 Nov 2018Springfields Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5EE
Received 8 Aug 2019Land adjacent to The Gun Post Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 27 Nov 201830 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JS
Received 3 Dec 2020The Salterns 8 Coastal Road Kingston BN16 1SJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Rear of 1 To 6 The Cottrells Angmering BN16 4AF
Received 23 Nov 2018Crossbush Service Station Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QQ
Received 20 Sept 2021Magnolia Cottage Yapton Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DT
Received 24 Aug 20181 Lashmar Road East Preston BN16 1ES
Received 8 Jan 2019Land at Courtwick Littlehampton BN17
Received 7 Sept 20181 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JP
Received 5 Nov 201919 South Way Bersted PO21 5HB
Received 9 Mar 202144 Southdean Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TB
Received 24 Nov 2021Boundary wall to Nyton House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 3 May 2022Rear of 27-33 Beach Road Littlehampton
Received 9 Feb 2022Land West of 26 Greystone Avenue Bersted PO21 5EA
Received 24 Feb 202681 St Marys Close Littlehampton BN17 5QQ
Received 14 Dec 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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