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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.
10,868 approved · 1,378 refused · 626 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
44 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7AP
Received 28 Oct 2014Rustington Sports and Social Club Jubilee Avenue Rustington BN16 3NB
Received 9 Jul 2015The Gatehouse Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3ST
Received 26 Jan 2018Middleton House Yapton Road Middleton PO22 6DU
Received 31 Oct 201812 Aldwick Place Aldwick PO21 4AB
Received 16 Nov 2021The Vinery Poling BN18 9PY
Received 16 Sept 2014Holly Tree Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 23 Apr 20196 Cedar Close Aldwick PO21 3BE
Received 27 Jan 202060 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LG
Received 7 Apr 201919 Kingsway Craigweil Aldwick PO21 3JX
Received 6 Feb 201828 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 20 Oct 20143 Carnot Close Aldwick PO21 3FG
Received 23 Feb 20197 Cygnet Walk Bersted PO22 9LY
Received 17 Mar 2021Pharos Quay River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BF
Received 16 Feb 201574A Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DD
Received 29 Jan 202655 Colts Bay Aldwick PO21 4EH
Received 2 Nov 202114 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 17 Jun 2015Berrow Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PP
Received 31 May 2022Wardour 2 Strand Way Felpham PO22 7LH
Received 6 Oct 2017Yapton Metal Company Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 8 May 2019Land West of Lidsey Road (A29) Lidsey PO22 9RG
Received 17 Apr 2026Walker House 14 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 21 Jul 201547 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 5 Aug 2026The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalenes Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 3 May 2017Records 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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