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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.
10,379 approved · 1,312 refused · 595 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Selborne Way East Preston BN16 2TG
Received 11 Feb 2015Land between Ashurst and Badgers Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 19 Aug 202052 Roundstone Drive East Preston
Received 5 Jun 2017Mistletoe Farm Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 12 Mar 2019Foxgloves 250 Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 29 May 2026Land East of The Croft Surgery Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 14 Jan 2026The Gilberts Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QP
Received 29 Apr 2026Land to the rear of 37 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 14 Apr 2015Starbucks 2 Salt Box Shripney Road PO22 9FP
Received 24 Jun 202118 Hunters Mews Walberton BN18 0UW
Received 17 Nov 202122 South Avenue Aldwick PO21 3QS
Received 27 Jul 2020Villa Maria Campbell Road Bognor Regis PO21 1NW
Received 11 Apr 2019Bognor Regis Sports Ground Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UW
Received 24 Jul 2026Land west of Brook Lane & South of A259 Angmering
Received 31 Aug 20173 & 4 Queens Square Bognor Regis PO21 1SA
Received 29 Aug 2025Land south of Ford Lane East of North End Road Yapton Arundel BN18 0DS
Received 12 Oct 2020Fitzalan Link Road Littlehampton BN17 6FE
Received 24 Jun 2020Nyton House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 10 Sept 201820 Conbar Avenue Rustington BN16 3LY
Received 7 Mar 2019Ferring Grange Ferring Grange Gardens Ferring BN12 5HS
Received 21 Jul 2017Little Cuttle 19 Botany Close Rustington BN16 2BJ
Received 12 Jun 201731 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 15 May 202025 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 22 Jun 201729 Woodview Arundel BN18 9ED
Received 25 Jun 2015Records 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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