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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.
10,755 approved · 1,356 refused · 623 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Larkspur Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 6 Feb 2019Shannock Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 1 Dec 2025238 & 238a Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BA
Received 19 Dec 201717 Old Point Middleton-on-sea PO22 7RY
Received 31 Jan 2022Westwood House Gorse Avenue Kingston BN16 1SF
Received 16 Jun 2017Colts Retreat 18 Colts Bay Aldwick PO21 4EH
Received 6 Jun 2018Yapton Metal Company Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 24 Sept 202014 West Ridings East Preston BN16 2TD
Received 27 Jan 202118 Sparks Yard Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 4 Aug 2020Highway Outside Hangleton Nursery Hangleton Lane Ferring BN12 6PP
Received 12 Jun 201781 Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6QA
Received 22 Jul 20193 - 5 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5EL
Received 23 Sept 2015Kingarth Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0JA
Received 28 May 202628 North Lane East Preston BN16 1DA
Received 11 Feb 2020The Old Stables Old Dairy Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3AF
Received 16 Jan 201799 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 4 Nov 202054 Arundel Road Littlehampton BN17 7DD
Received 15 Apr 20192 Ashmere Gardens Felpham PO22 7QX
Received 14 May 2018Bartons County Infants School Romney Broadwalk Bersted PO22 9BH
Received 12 Jul 20172 Lakers Cottages North End Road Yapton BN18 0DL
Received 8 Jun 2026The Fallows Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 12 Apr 2018The Old Barn Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LL
Received 17 Aug 2017Verge outside 23, 24 and 52 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 12 Mar 2020114 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QW
Received 17 Aug 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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