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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.
12,054 approved · 1,588 refused · 713 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5SY
Received 8 Jan 202078 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AQ
Received 4 Mar 2022Holly Tree Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 20 Nov 2018The Dairy Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 7 Jun 201815 Churchill Parade The Street Rustington BN16 3DE
Received 9 Jun 202616 Coniston Close Felpham PO22 8ND
Received 23 Jan 202036 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3BY
Received 27 Nov 2017Land West of Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 25 Aug 2026The Cottage Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 8 Feb 2021Rear garden of Flint House/Mead Court Chruch Lane Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 14 Aug 2014Old Bank House 1 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 11 Apr 202132 Richmond Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2YE
Received 21 Apr 202281 Orchard Way Bognor Regis PO22 9JZ
Received 21 Oct 2020Formerly 'The Tap and Barrel' 2 - 13 Duke Street Littlehampton BN17 6EU
Received 3 Apr 2017131 Farnhurst Road Eastergate West Sussex PO22 0LL
Received 17 Oct 2017Bairds Farm Shop, Garden Centre Crookthorn Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 7 Jun 2021Willow Tree Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 29 Jul 2026Parcel Of Land 254 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 19 Feb 2026June Cottage Herne Lane Rustington Littlehampton BN16 3EE
Received 6 Aug 201461 Addison Way Bersted PO22 9HZ
Received 5 Feb 202131 Andrew Close Rustington BN16 3QE
Received 14 May 2015Eastlands Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 13 Feb 20262 Barons Mead Pagham PO21 4SF
Received 4 Dec 2014Plot 22 Dinsdale Field Caravan Park New Road Rustington BN16 3RQ
Received 23 Apr 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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