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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.
11,347 approved · 1,460 refused · 657 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HX
Received 26 Aug 20267 Middleton Road Felpham PO22 6BL
Received 6 Sept 2021258 Goring Way Ferring BN12 5BZ
Received 19 Nov 202114 Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TT
Received 20 Aug 202157 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XH
Received 23 Jul 2021Cheval De Mer 3 Culver Road Felpham PO22 7EF
Received 30 Jun 2020Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 6 Aug 2021East Preston County Junior School Lashmar Road East Preston BN16 1EZ
Received 22 Dec 201713 Royal Parade Central Avenue Bersted PO21 5AJ
Received 16 Jul 2020Wheatlands 121 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HN
Received 26 Nov 201927 Henry Avenue Rustington BN16 2PA
Received 24 May 2017Stoneybrook Farm Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 4 Nov 202051 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 17 Oct 201411 Barons Mead Pagham PO21 4SF
Received 15 May 2026The Bluebird Cafe South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 23 Apr 201518 Sefton Avenue Aldwick PO21 3BP
Received 21 Oct 2021Littlehampton Market 26 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BG
Received 17 Sept 201520 Spinnaker View Pagham PO21 3FL
Received 25 Mar 202147 Orchard Way Bognor Regis PO22 9HH
Received 25 Jan 201814 Madeira Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 8BY
Received 4 Mar 20191 Quay House River Road Arundel BN18 9DF
Received 13 Jun 2014Nyewood Infant And Junior School Brent Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NW
Received 13 Jun 2018Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 29 Aug 2019Climping College The Mill, The Mill Lodge Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 24 Feb 2021Records 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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