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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.
9,155 approved · 1,130 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cottage Pie South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 6 May 202121 Michel Grove East Preston BN16 2SX
Received 23 Apr 20182 The Croft East Preston BN16 1LF
Received 17 Sept 2020Ryebank Farm, New Barn Grevatts Lane Climping BN17 5RE
Received 24 Oct 2017Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 24 Jun 20215 The Byeway Aldwick PO21 4ER
Received 27 Aug 2018Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 25 Jun 201974 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HX
Received 9 Mar 2021Blakeney Cottage Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2RS
Received 30 Jan 202039 Ford Road Arundel BN18 9DX
Received 30 May 201890 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PD
Received 19 Sept 2025Land East of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 17 Jun 2025Land At Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 3 Sept 2020Culver Cottage 37 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2LN
Received 14 Aug 2019107A Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DP
Received 1 Oct 201921 Paddock Green Rustington BN16 3AU
Received 31 May 2019The Old Barn 42 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7DF
Received 26 Jan 2022Waterbury House Ford Road Ford BN18 0BH
Received 1 May 2018Land East of Drove Lane Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 16 Dec 20213 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JS
Received 22 May 2017Newlands Nursery Pagham Road Pagham PO20 1LL
Received 18 Jun 2025Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 19 May 2022Land adjacent to 19 The Bramblings Rustington BN16 2DA
Received 23 Mar 202030 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DG
Received 9 Feb 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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