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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.
8,842 approved · 1,104 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The West Of Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 8 Mar 20221 Craigweil Manor Aldwick PO21 4AP
Received 13 Oct 2025Houghton House 4 Arun Street Arundel BN18 9DL
Received 18 Nov 202558 Hillsboro Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DY
Received 28 Feb 201812 Cavendish Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JW
Received 26 Feb 202014 Somerset Road East Preston BN16 1BZ
Received 31 May 2018WRVS Centre Broadmark Parade Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2NE
Received 20 Nov 2017Unit 1B The Bognor Regis Retail Park, Rowan Way Bognor Regis PO22 9TR
Received 25 Feb 2021Rear of Rookery Farm 113 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AG
Received 10 Feb 20206 Onslow Drive Ferring BN12 5RP
Received 26 Jan 20187 A'Becket's Avenue Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4LX
Received 28 May 2020Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 30 Mar 2020The Cottage Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PA
Received 2 May 2019Verge of 79 The Fairway Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis
Received 18 Sept 2017Littlehampton Southern Allotments Land West of Holly Drive Littlehampton
Received 28 Sept 2026Seymour & Lisle Ltd The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 3 Oct 2017Ferringham House 58 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 8 Apr 2020Progress Garage Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 5 Dec 2018Richmond House 47A Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8PT
Received 5 Jan 201842 Minton Road Felpham PO22 7JN
Received 1 Nov 20219 Kings Drive Pagham PO21 4PY
Received 10 Oct 201915 East Avenue Middleton on Sea Bognor Regis PO22 6EG
Received 15 Sept 2026Merry England Nursery Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 31 Oct 201913 Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 18 Mar 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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