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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.
8,656 approved · 1,086 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Priory Road Arundel BN18 9EJ
Received 18 May 2020Land Rear of Lillies Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 22 Jun 202111 Beaumont Park Littlehampton BN17 6PE
Received 2 Feb 2021152 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 15 Jun 20183 Church Close Pagham PO21 4NT
Received 15 May 202013 Royal Parade Central Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5AJ
Received 23 Sept 20202 Tudor Cottages Tudor Drive Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3YT
Received 22 May 202017 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 9 Oct 201722 Normandy Lane East Preston BN16 1LZ
Received 6 Oct 2021181 Middleton Road Middleton PO22 6DF
Received 11 May 202634 Ivydale Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LY
Received 19 Feb 2019Braymead 37 Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2SJ
Received 2 Feb 2026Manor Nursery High Street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 5 Oct 202046 Sea Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RX
Received 28 Aug 202064 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6QA
Received 22 Jun 20213 Sea Drive Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 11 Jan 2021Harbour House 61 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BJ
Received 7 Aug 20264 Heathfield Avenue Angmering BN16 1AL
Received 4 Dec 201833 Grand Avenue Littlehampton BN17 7NG
Received 25 Jan 20217 Marshall Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2TH
Received 15 Nov 2019Tall Trees Church Road Yapton BN18 0EJ
Received 12 Jun 2020120 Middleton Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DB
Received 26 Mar 202072 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton on Sea PO22 6JP
Received 4 Sept 201741 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JS
Received 12 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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