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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.
11,867 approved · 1,563 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wey House 77 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JB
Received 8 Feb 202224 Bedenscroft Aldwick PO21 3SD
Received 19 Jun 201812 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 9 Jul 2019346 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BX
Received 31 Mar 2015Asda Ferring Superstore, Cafe At Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 9 Sept 2020Richmond Arms 224 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AU
Received 15 Jan 202125 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2AY
Received 11 May 20152 Barnetts Field Westergate PO20 3UD
Received 16 May 20185 Singleton Close Aldwick PO21 4JY
Received 9 Sept 2020Tanglewood Rifeside Gardens Ferring BN12 6QH
Received 10 Aug 2015Land adjacent to Sunny Corner Copse Lane Walberton BN18 0QH
Received 12 Oct 2017Unit 1 Lineside Way Lineside Industrial Estate Littlehampton BN17 7EH
Received 10 Feb 20147 Ledbury Way Pagham PO21 3JP
Received 17 Jan 2014164 Nyetimber Lane Pagham PO21 3HU
Received 3 Mar 201412 The Midway Felpham PO22 7HA
Received 23 Nov 201765 Marlborough Court Aldwick PO21 5QJ
Received 29 Sept 2020Mistletoe Farm Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 11 Dec 2020Dummer Down The Ridgway Felpham PO22 7JQ
Received 26 Sept 2018Land and buildngs on West side of Yapton Lane Walberton
Received 1 Oct 202611 The Marigolds Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PB
Received 22 Jul 2015Commercial House Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RY
Received 20 May 2014Land rear of Paynters Croft Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 4 Nov 2021Magalia Tamarisk Way Ferring BN12 5ER
Received 31 Aug 20213 Manor Way Elmer PO22 6LA
Received 11 May 2015Records 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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