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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.
9,166 approved · 1,130 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 West of Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 14 Jan 2022Windermere Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 9 Jun 2020Kingston House Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RP
Received 6 Jul 202029 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 15 Dec 202028 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 20 Feb 2019Land off Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 15 Mar 2022Little Dormers 23 Upper Drive East Preston BN16 1QN
Received 14 Aug 2020Land to the rear of Queens Lane Arundel
Received 9 Mar 2020Arundel Acre Wilmington Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 28 Jan 202145 Broom Field Way Felpham PO22 8AQ
Received 28 Apr 20261 Little Barton Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BW
Received 17 Apr 20181A & 1B Northway Road Littlehampton
Received 31 May 2017Wellow Barn Old Barn House Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 4 Sept 20177 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 6 Apr 202248 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7DF
Received 20 Dec 2017Land South of Unit 1 Arunside Industrial Estate Fort Road Littlehampton BN17 7QU
Received 13 Sept 201719 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NS
Received 17 Jul 2020Manor House 1 Sea Lane Middleton on Sea PO22 7RH
Received 21 Jun 201721 West Street Bognor Regis PO21 1XA
Received 29 Jul 2021Land South of Ford Lane/ East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 12 Oct 2020Merry England Nursery Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 23 Sept 201979 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EW
Received 13 Apr 2021Hayley's Corner 14 Limmer Lane Felpham Village PO22 7EJ
Received 21 Sept 2018Turret House Limmer Lane Bognor Regis PO22 7EN
Received 21 Jun 2018Records 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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