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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.
9,213 approved · 1,133 refused · 538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3AT
Received 26 Jan 20219 Willow Way Aldwick PO21 4NA
Received 23 Feb 202211 The Fairway Bognor Regis PO21 4EL
Received 18 Apr 201837 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 30 Oct 2017Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 24 Dec 2021West end of Knightscroft Avenue Rustington
Received 24 Mar 20225 Neptune Court Felpham PO22 7NN
Received 18 Mar 2021Tortington House Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 5 Dec 201810 Faresmead Aldwick PO21 3DQ
Received 6 Oct 20181 Orchard Crescent Arundel Road Fontwell Arundel
Received 17 Oct 2018Highbeach House 9A Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 8 Jun 2020Berri Court Main Road Yapton BN18 0ED
Received 25 May 2022Builders Yard 17 Harefield Road Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EE
Received 23 Feb 2020Little Orchard 2 Sea Lane Middleton on Sea PO22 7RL
Received 20 Apr 2022Hobbs New Barn Gravetts Lane Climping Littlehampton BN17 5RE
Received 31 Jul 20208 Arundel Way Elmer Sands Middleton
Received 22 Jul 201919 Wordsworth Gardens Felpham PO22 6QZ
Received 25 Jun 2021Orchard Caravan Park Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5ED
Received 10 May 2018Land At Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 25 Mar 202156 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QU
Received 8 Oct 2020Kingston Manor Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1RR
Received 13 Oct 202030 Countisbury Close Aldwick West Sussex PO21 3QW
Received 15 Oct 202023 Rose Green Road Rose Green PO21 3EU
Received 22 Dec 2020Langford Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 28 Sept 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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