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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.
9,273 approved · 1,140 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunny Corner Copse Lane Walberton BN18 0QH
Received 6 Oct 2020Blue Cedars 1 Blue Cedars Close Angmering BN16 4DW
Received 9 Sept 202665-71 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 6 Apr 202252 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DJ
Received 5 Aug 202051 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RQ
Received 8 Aug 2017Salt Box Field Land off Rowan Way Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 17 Dec 2018Minden Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AN
Received 9 Feb 2019Alphington House North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 15 Sept 20215 The Plantation East Preston BN16 1LD
Received 1 Mar 2018The Coach House at The Old Vicarage Poling Street Poling BN18 9PT
Received 19 Jul 2017Selwood Lodge 93 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 8 Feb 202246 Jubilee Avenue Rustington BN16 3NB
Received 14 Jun 2017Abbotswood Station Road Rustington BN16 3BJ
Received 28 Oct 202515 Blakes Road Felpham PO22 7EE
Received 14 Oct 2020Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 6 Jan 202212A and 12B Ivydale Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LY
Received 10 Aug 2018Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 26 Jan 2021Land at Tye Lane West Sussex
Received 24 Sept 2019St Margarets Church Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JS
Received 17 Mar 2026Land North of Mayflower Way Angmering
Received 16 Apr 202648 Applegate Way Bognor Regis PO21 5GB
Received 30 Nov 202021 Whitfield Close Bognor Regis PO22 8DY
Received 6 Mar 2017Rookery Farm Flansham Lane Felpham PO22 6EP
Received 25 Feb 2021Manor House Mulberry Hollow Angmering BN16 4JB
Received 22 Dec 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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