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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.
8,801 approved · 1,101 refused · 519 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hampton Park (Parcels B3 & B5 - Plots 6 to 117 only) Toddington Lane Littlehampton ME19 4UY
Received 10 Oct 201851 Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QS
Received 13 May 2019Little Glebe Littleheath Road Aldingbourne BN18 0SR
Received 30 Jan 2020Land North of Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 23 Jul 2019Walberton House The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 25 May 202139 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LL
Received 2 Oct 20263 Mid Acre Close Felpham PO22 8JU
Received 3 Aug 2020Tuts Cottage Manor Close East Preston BN16 1JF
Received 21 May 2026Netherby 59A Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1ND
Received 11 Mar 2021Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 1 Dec 202526 Bryony Lionel Avenue Felpham PO22 8LG
Received 2 Oct 2017Wistaria Cottage The Street East Preston BN16 1HZ
Received 27 Jun 2019Queensbury 4 Aldwick Street Aldwick PO21 3AR
Received 10 Dec 20185 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LQ
Received 28 Jul 201753 Highcroft Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 8DJ
Received 17 Nov 202043 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5EJ
Received 27 Apr 202212 Lime Avenue Aldingbourne PO20 3UF
Received 21 Jun 2020Kents Farm House Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 10 Feb 2022Land Rear of Lillies Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 19 Sept 201918 Old Point Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RY
Received 30 Oct 2020Ferring Village Hall 90 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 8 Oct 2019Links View 5 Eastover Way Felpham PO22 7BU
Received 19 Jul 202129 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LL
Received 16 Aug 20182A Merchant Street Bognor Regis PO21 1QH
Received 21 Jul 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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