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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.
9,097 approved · 1,124 refused · 533 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 south of Cornfield Close Littlehampton BN17 6LD
Received 23 Jun 2021The Hedgerows Land at Nyton Road Nyton Nursery Westergate PO20 3UQ
Received 20 Aug 202635 Hawke Close Rustington BN16 2AT
Received 26 Apr 201830 Mansfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 9EY
Received 6 Mar 2018Parsonage Farm House Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0JD
Received 28 Jun 2018Global Technologies Racing Ltd Denmans Lane Fontwell BN18 0SU
Received 7 Mar 2019School House Bersted Street Bognor Regis PJO22 9Q
Received 7 May 2019160 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 29 Jul 2026Westray 3 Oriel Close Barnham PO22 0HN
Received 10 Oct 2019Flat 4 Anglesea Court 11 Victoria Road South Bognor Regis PO21 2AA
Received 12 Oct 2021The Manor House 50 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AE
Received 10 Sept 2020Unit 10 Arun Business Park Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9SX
Received 12 Apr 20228 Mead Court Mead Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8BL
Received 29 Jan 20191 & 5 Bedford Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SD
Received 3 Apr 2018Land Adjacent to Highfield House Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AZ
Received 6 Dec 201923 Fletcher Way Angmering BN16 4HG
Received 24 Oct 20259-11 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QD
Received 6 Jan 2021Elm Cottage Dairy Lane Walberton BN18 0PT
Received 30 Jul 201834 Roundstone Crescent East Preston BN16 1DG
Received 28 Mar 201814 Mallard Crescent Pagham PO21 4UU
Received 29 May 2021Land East of North End Road and West of Church Lane Nursery Yapton BN18 0GA
Received 18 Jun 202116 Kingsmead Felpham PO22 7BE
Received 3 May 2022100 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-on-sea PO22 6JR
Received 10 Nov 2025Side of 16A Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3ET
Received 26 Aug 2020Records 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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