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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.
8,581 approved · 1,083 refused · 510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corner of Sudley Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 1HY
Received 14 Dec 2018Land At Salt Box West Of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 15 Nov 202135 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JH
Received 10 Sept 2018270 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5AX
Received 2 Feb 2026Elm Farm 34 The Street Rustington BN16 3NX
Received 30 May 20221 Arcade Road Littlehampton BN17 5AP
Received 20 Jan 2022Various Locations Aldwick Bay Estate Aldwick
Received 20 Sept 202140 Queen Street Littlehampton BN17 6EP
Received 28 Feb 2022Rustington Hall Nursing Home Station Road Rustington BN16 3AY
Received 18 Nov 201932 Clydesdale Gardens Bersted PO22 9BE
Received 9 Apr 2018Bruce Dixon South Bersted Garage Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9LN
Received 19 Jan 20189 Ocean Parade Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5QG
Received 31 Jan 2022Hobbs New Barn Gravetts Lane Climping BN17 5RE
Received 6 Apr 2018155 Middleton Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DF
Received 9 Aug 201748 Northway Road Littlehampton BN17 7JX
Received 5 Jul 2018188 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JZ
Received 23 Aug 2021Land South East of Commonmead Barn Pagham Road Pagham
Received 11 Mar 202027 Rucrofts Close Aldwick PO21 3SL
Received 2 Sept 20266 Granary Way Littlehampton BN17 7QY
Received 23 May 201868 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 3 Mar 2021100 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NP
Received 13 Nov 201816 Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TT
Received 28 May 2021Garage Premises Main Road Yapton BN18 0EA
Received 13 Oct 2017West Wing Neals Farm House Lower Bognor Road Lagness PO20 1LW
Received 22 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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