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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.
11,823 approved · 1,545 refused · 691 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Addison Way Bersted PO22 9HY
Received 3 Feb 2022The Gardens Yapton Road Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6DY
Received 22 Apr 201426 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DA
Received 13 Sept 2019Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 24 Mar 202114 Silver Birch Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6SJ
Received 12 Nov 2018Ilex Cottage Church Road Yapton BN18 0EN
Received 28 Sept 2018Land south of Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 24 Apr 20154 Park Cottage North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 16 Oct 201917 West Way Littlehampton BN17 7LY
Received 27 Feb 202652 The Drive Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4DU
Received 9 Oct 2018Butlins Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JJ
Received 23 Dec 2020Fynings Middle Way Kingston BN16 1RY
Received 18 Jan 2019Various locations at The Kingsway, Queensway, and The Drive Craigweil Estate Aldwick
Received 7 Feb 20224 New Barn Lane Felpham PO22 8LP
Received 9 Sept 2019Land Adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Aldingbourne PO20 3SU
Received 8 Oct 202525 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QY
Received 28 Sept 20219 St Georges Gardens Aldwick Land at West Meads PO21 5SN
Received 20 Mar 201964 Harbour Road Bognor Regis PO21 4TD
Received 8 Jul 201423 Grange Court Aldwick PO21 4XR
Received 7 Aug 2018229 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QG
Received 8 Jan 202162 Church Way Pagham PO21 4QQ
Received 7 Oct 2025Halfords Unit 4 Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9TR
Received 25 Mar 2015Opposite 6 Summerley Close Rustington BN16 3PS
Received 14 Aug 2014The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 17 Dec 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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