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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.
8,659 approved · 1,086 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land between New Place Bungalow & Arundel Road Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 29 Oct 2019Walkway at Garden Court/Lodge Court Aldwick PO21 4XW
Received 23 Apr 20184 West Drive Aldwick PO21 4LY
Received 30 Oct 20201 Tulley Cottages Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PW
Received 1 Jun 2018Land At Salt Box West Of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 21 Oct 2020Land between 89-91 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 26 Feb 202021 Henry Avenue Rustington West Sussex BN16 2PA
Received 8 Jun 2020Land at Ford Road Arundel
Received 23 Oct 2025Mariners 18 South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 12 Mar 201823 Bushby Avenue Rustington West Sussex BN16 2BY
Received 20 Apr 2026Land To East Of Fontwell Racecourse Fontwell Avenue Eastergate BN18 0SW
Received 8 Feb 2021The Cottage Piggeries Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 19 Apr 2018Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 7 Jan 20214C London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 29 Mar 2021South Yard Wicks Farm Ford Lane Arundel BN18 0DF
Received 11 Feb 2020Land to the rear of Lillies Yapton Road Barnham Bognor Regis PO22 0AY
Received 9 Dec 2019Four Elms Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 16 Jul 2018Gulls 7 First Avenue Felpham PO22 7LG
Received 28 Sept 202015 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 10 Nov 202157 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 14 Oct 2021Adjacent to The Old Malt House Main Road Yapton BN18 0EA
Received 2 Feb 20181 Sea Close Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RU
Received 16 Aug 2021The Laurels Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 2 Jun 2020Land East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0AG
Received 3 Apr 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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