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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.
8,662 approved · 1,086 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 17 May 2022Land Adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Aldngbourne PO20 3SU
Received 14 Nov 2025Third Floor 8 York Road Bognor Regis PO21 1LW
Received 18 Apr 20184 Ferring Marine Ferring BN12 5PP
Received 22 May 2017Co-op Supermarket 2 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HG
Received 15 Dec 202043 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 13 May 202614 Ferring Close Ferring BN12 5QT
Received 21 Mar 2022Land North of Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton
Received 11 May 2026Little Thatch 93 Middleton Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DW
Received 3 Jul 202081 Mallon Dene Rustington BN16 2JW
Received 26 Feb 2019Claerwen 41 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 30 Jul 2018Tig Aluinn Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TB
Received 11 Jun 2018Holy Cross Church Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5AU
Received 27 Apr 2022Apple Tree Montpelier Road East Preston BN16 1JY
Received 7 Sept 2019Onslow Caravan Park Onslow Drive Ferring BN12 5RX
Received 6 May 2022Units 6 & 7 Brookside Avenue Rustington BN16 3LF
Received 14 Sept 201826 Downview Road Barnham PO22 0EG
Received 17 Jan 2019The Old Stables Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 29 Aug 20181 Seaton Close Littlehampton BN17 7LQ
Received 22 Sept 202686 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NP
Received 12 Oct 201842 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TS
Received 4 Nov 2019Land North of Sefter Road and 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 15 Feb 202217 Grosvenor Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 3EY
Received 7 Sept 2020Land West of Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0LA
Received 23 Apr 2025Records 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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