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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.
10,421 approved · 1,319 refused · 602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Riverwood Centre Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 21 Jul 20262 Etherington Place Littlehampton BN17 7AQ
Received 1 Feb 2020Land at Lineside Industrial Estate Northwest of Unit 26 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 12 Mar 20215 Sea Drive Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 27 Jul 2017Land to the rear of The Flint Barn Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AZ
Received 11 Aug 201579 Ashurst Way East Preston BN16 1AQ
Received 8 Sept 201745 Mallon Dene Rustington BN16 2JP
Received 26 May 20213 Paterson Wilson Road Littlehampton BN17 6EJ
Received 4 Apr 20223 Climping Park Bognor Road Climping BN17 5DW
Received 23 Aug 20184 Broadmark Parade Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2NE
Received 22 Sept 2019Little Thatch 93 Middleton Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DW
Received 1 Dec 201721 The Fairway Aldwick Bay Aldwick PO21 4ES
Received 13 Dec 20194 Appletree Drive Barnham PO22 0LJ
Received 11 May 202143 Woodlands Road Bersted PO22 9EE
Received 19 Mar 20183 The Beaches Horsemere Green Climping BN17 5PQ
Received 14 Jun 2018215 Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6QD
Received 21 Dec 2020The Quest Cypress Way Aldwick PO21 4DF
Received 11 May 2020Land north of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 21 Dec 2020Land To East Of New Place Bungalow Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 25 Aug 20213 Esher Close Pagham PO21 3NJ
Received 3 Feb 20212 Henry Avenue Rustington BN16 2NY
Received 28 Jan 2020Little Tangley Middle Way Kingston BN16 1SB
Received 12 Aug 2020108 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7LP
Received 23 Nov 20203 Glencathara Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SF
Received 11 Nov 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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