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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.
11,796 approved · 1,543 refused · 688 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Camilla 29 Sea Way Middleton-on-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 14 Dec 201722 Hide Gardens Rustington BN16 3NP
Received 6 Apr 2022Brookfield Park at Honeysuckle Close Littlehampton
Received 21 Oct 202034 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 9 Jul 2015Hotham Park House, Summer House High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1HW
Received 30 Jun 2020Land between the A259 Worthing Road and East Street/Fitzalan Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 12 Nov 201948 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 13 Apr 2021The Green The Ridgway Felpham PO22 7JQ
Received 5 Apr 2015Wheatlands 121 Manor Way AldwickBay Estate PO21 4HN
Received 27 Jun 201873 Lloyd Goring Close Angmering BN16 4LQ
Received 11 Apr 2022Public Conveniences Sea Road East Preston BN16 1LP
Received 10 Mar 2017Hewarts Barn 99 Hewarts Lane Aldwick PO21 3DJ
Received 21 Mar 2017Bairds Farm Shop Crookthorn Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 20 Aug 201816 West Head Littlehampton BN17 6QP
Received 10 Apr 2018Ham Manor Golf Club West Drive Angmering BN16 4JE
Received 4 Jun 202633 Tamarisk Way East Preston
Received 26 Jun 201838 Hedge End Barnham PO22 0JP
Received 3 Aug 2026Land at Ford Road Arundel
Received 6 Apr 2022Flintstone Centre East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AW
Received 3 Jan 2019Land at Toddington Farm North and West of 1 to 3 Toddington Farm Cottages Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 3 Jun 202652 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DD
Received 23 Jun 2015Butterlees Barn Pagham Road Pagham PO20 1LL
Received 25 Oct 201831 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 8 Dec 2025Grass Verge on Northern side of Chalcraft Lane Opposite The Hollies North Bersted PO21 5SX
Received 22 Jan 2014Records 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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