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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.
8,819 approved · 1,101 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Old Moat Close Bersted PO22 9UP
Received 30 Jun 2018Paynters Croft Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 30 Jun 2026Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 11 Sept 202493 Addison Way Bersted PO22 9HZ
Received 9 May 202213 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5PW
Received 22 Aug 201819 The Parkway Rustington BN16 2BT
Received 30 Oct 202536 Apple Grove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 24 Jan 2018Yeomans Peugeot Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 9 Nov 2021Minstrels Barn Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BX
Received 23 May 202025 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NS
Received 21 Jan 2022Former Poultry Farm Land West of Yapton Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DY
Received 16 Sept 201954 Outerwyke Road Bognor Regis PO22 8LT
Received 10 Jul 201730 Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QE
Received 3 Feb 2020Little Burndell West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 9 Sept 2026Pippins Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 28 Nov 2017Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 29 Mar 20195 Kithurst Close East Preston BN16 2TQ
Received 31 Oct 2019The land north of The Littlehampton Academy Fitzalan Road Littlehampton
Received 3 Mar 20266 Collins Close Eastergate PO20 3JT
Received 25 Apr 2022St Helier Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 24 Sept 202020 The Fairway Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4ES
Received 19 Feb 2021Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 20 Feb 2026Avisford Park Golf Club Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0LS
Received 27 May 2026Middle & Wallies Barn Park Farm Lower Bognor Road Lagness PO20 1LS
Received 28 Nov 2017Records 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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