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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.
10,829 approved · 1,371 refused · 626 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Offices to rear of 15 Royal Parade Central Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5AJ
Received 9 Apr 202048 Aldwick Rd Bognor Regis PO21 2PN
Received 15 May 20269 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 20 Jul 2020Orchard Caravan Park Worthing Road Rustington
Received 3 Nov 2014Nyton House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 2 May 2019Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 9 Mar 202278 Queen Street Littlehampton BN17 6EL
Received 30 Jan 201911 Warren Crescent East Preston BN16 1BH
Received 4 Oct 202117 Aldingbourne House Aldingbourne Drive Aldingbourne PO18 0LG
Received 3 Apr 2017St Margaret's C of E Church Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JS
Received 25 Aug 2017The Old School House The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 30 Jun 20267 Orchard Way Bognor Regis PO22 9HJ
Received 22 Jan 20182 Tithe Barn Way Aldwick Bay Aldwick PO21 4HA
Received 11 Jan 20216 Templesheen Road Elmer Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6JB
Received 13 Aug 20154 Chaucer Way Felpham PO22 6QT
Received 23 Oct 20199 St Malo Court St Helier Road Ferring BN12 5EY
Received 15 Jan 20183 Silver Birch Drive Middleton on Sea PO22 6SE
Received 28 Jul 20218 West Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TS
Received 24 May 20191 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 29 May 202627 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 26 Sept 201841 High Street Arundel BN18 9AG
Received 18 Oct 201963 Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1QL
Received 11 Mar 2019Smugglers 4 Botany Close Rustington BN16 2BH
Received 9 Jan 202040 Leverton Avenue Felpham PO22 7RA
Received 1 May 2019Records 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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