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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.
8,741 approved · 1,092 refused · 516 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
131 Orchard Way Bognor Regis PO22 9JY
Received 17 Jan 201897 Felpham Road Felpham P022 7PF
Received 8 Nov 20172 Monterey Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 2FY
Received 7 Nov 2019Little Thatch 93 Middleton Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DW
Received 21 Nov 201715 Harefield Road Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EB
Received 24 Jan 202016 Garden Close Angmering BN16 4LX
Received 3 Apr 2018Quercus Nursery Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PG
Received 16 Nov 202050 Corbishley Road Bognor Regis PO22 9HS
Received 29 Aug 2019Hales Barn Farm Arundel Road Norton PO18 0JX
Received 24 Feb 2022Peckhams Poling Street Poling BN18 9PT
Received 20 Dec 20212 Birch Place Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 8 Jun 2017Ross Cottage Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 12 May 2021Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 9 Mar 2022Land at Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 11 Mar 202234 Parkside Avenue Littlehampton BN17 6BQ
Received 6 Feb 202622 Robins Drive Aldwick PO21 3BL
Received 21 Jan 2019Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 18 Mar 20206 York Road Bognor Regis PO21 1LW
Received 9 Jun 2017Side of 2 Bramber Close Amberley Drive Bognor Regis PO21 5PF
Received 11 Nov 2019Land adjacent to 6 Beeding Close Bognor Regis PO22 9TS
Received 13 Aug 20191 Madehurst Court Gloucester Road Littlehampton BN17 7BX
Received 22 Jun 201839 Knightscroft Avenue Rustington BN16 2HW
Received 21 Jan 201950 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HH
Received 9 Jul 20196 Meadway Rustington BN16 2DD
Received 26 Apr 2021Records 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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