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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.
8,911 approved · 1,111 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bersted Park Chichester Road North Bersted PO22 9AA
Received 2 May 2018Regency Court Nursing Home 18-20 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 24 Nov 202115 Cropthorne Drive Climping BN17 5GG
Received 24 May 202218 Bassett Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JJ
Received 29 Jul 20261 Church Farm Cottages Church Road Yapton BN18 0EP
Received 21 Jul 2020Field House Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TT
Received 29 Oct 202534 Bell Davies Road Littlehampton West Sussex BN17 6DU
Received 2 Jun 201711 Maltravers Drive Littlehampton BN17 5EX
Received 23 Nov 2018Land at Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 30 Jun 2020Peckhams Poling Street Poling BN18 9PT
Received 25 Jun 20218 Ferring Gardens Felpham PO22 8HW
Received 28 Mar 201917 Lennox Street Bognor Regis PO21 1NA
Received 8 Dec 2017Northfields Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 10 Oct 2017Land West Of Ryefield Farmhouse Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 7 Sept 202634 Jays Close Littlehampton BN17 6HQ
Received 8 Oct 2020Land between 32 Downs Way and 2 Ambersham Crescent Angmering BN16 1AB
Received 30 Nov 20215 Kingsway Bognor Regis PO21 4DQ
Received 28 Oct 2020Croft Works 52 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN
Received 29 Jun 202053 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 4 Jan 201811 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 13 Sept 202114 Margaret Close Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 29 Mar 2021Centre Courtyard area Gateway Lodge Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7NS
Received 14 Oct 201952 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 9 Jul 2019Manor Cottage Station Road Rustington BN16 3AS
Received 26 Nov 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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