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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.
11,273 approved · 1,445 refused · 651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Kingsway Aldwick Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4DH
Received 14 Nov 20177 Drift Road Pagham PO21 3NX
Received 25 Apr 2019Pinehurst West Drive Angmering BN16 4NL
Received 18 Aug 2025Rear of 37 High Street Arundel BN18 9AG
Received 14 Aug 2014Rear of Blackberry House Berry Lane North Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9AF
Received 9 May 2017Unit 9 Durban Business Centre Durban Road Bognor Regis PO22 9FE
Received 10 Jun 20156 York Road Chambers York Road Bognor Regis PO21 1LT
Received 26 May 20177 Raleigh Road Aldwick PO21 3NA
Received 27 Sept 2021Land north-east of Kingston Lane Kingston Lane Kingston West Sussex BN16 1RP
Received 20 Aug 202622 Boxgrove Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BB
Received 9 May 20226 Wellers Close Felpham PO22 8FS
Received 15 Jan 2018Land adjacent to 1 Highcroft Close Bognor Regis PO22 8DS
Received 7 Aug 20173 A'Becket's Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 4LU
Received 28 Nov 201420 Wellington Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RR
Received 28 Feb 2020Land South of Summer Lane Pagham
Received 9 Dec 2025The Thatched House Littleheath Road Aldingbourne BN18 0SR
Received 27 Mar 201715 Phoenix House East Avenue Middleton PO22 6EG
Received 19 Jan 2021Aspens 20 Margaret Close Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 19 Aug 20212 Cavendish Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JW
Received 11 Feb 20201 Avon Close Felpham PO22 6BX
Received 1 Mar 2019Land South of Summer Lane Pagham
Received 24 Jan 2022Little Thatch 93 Middleton Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DW
Received 21 Jul 201718 Normandy Drive East Preston BN16 1LU
Received 13 Jan 202125 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 26 Sept 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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