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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.
9,203 approved · 1,131 refused · 538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Apple Barn Cottage Grevatts Lane Climping BN17 5RE
Received 30 Jan 2019One Stop Convenience Store Aldwick Street Aldwick PO21 3AP
Received 29 May 20202 Lidsey Lodge Cottage Sack Lane Lidsey PO22 9PE
Received 1 Dec 2020Anchors Cast 2 Fosters Close Rustington BN16 2TL
Received 21 Jan 201917 Margaret Close Nyetimber Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 2 Oct 2020Land South of Summer Lane & West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 21 Dec 201633 Amberley Road Rustington BN16 2EF
Received 24 May 2019Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 6 Mar 20203 Oaks Mews Bognor Regis PO21 3AF
Received 10 Jan 202015 Ivy Close Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3RF
Received 8 Feb 2021Springfields Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5EE
Received 29 Aug 2019Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 21 Nov 202537 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LH
Received 6 Jan 2022Kenwood Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RS
Received 25 Jun 2020Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted Bognor Regis
Received 27 Feb 20198-10 Clifton Road Littlehampton BN17 5AS
Received 24 Apr 2026Flint Barn Peak Lane Kingston Gorse BN16 1RN
Received 25 Oct 2020Frogs Lodge Drove Lane Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 3 May 202617 Mayfield Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NA
Received 5 Oct 202512 Alexander Avenue Angmering BN16 4PQ
Received 7 Mar 20221 St Peters Close Aldwick PO21 5QA
Received 13 May 2026McDonald's Restaurant 3 Oldlands Way Bersted PO22 9SE
Received 19 Dec 201923 Firs Avenue Felpham PO22 8QA
Received 11 May 2017Redstacks The Byeway Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4ES
Received 29 Aug 2026Records 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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