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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.
12,280 approved · 1,635 refused · 725 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middle Barn The Street East Preston BN16 1JD
Received 3 Dec 2013Land East Of Toll Cottage Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 26 Sept 201981 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DR
Received 5 May 2015Land East of Pumping Station High Croft Close Bognor Regis PO22 8DS
Received 15 Mar 2017Pound Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0QA
Received 2 May 2017Clytha Cottage Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BA
Received 16 May 2017Foreshore West Front Road Pagham PO21 4TB
Received 12 Jul 20136 Elmcroft Place Westergate PO20 3XL
Received 9 Apr 201510 Highdown Way Ferring BN12 6QQ
Received 18 May 202021 Davits Drive Littlehampton BN17 6RU
Received 8 Apr 2015Land at Asda Superstore Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 23 Aug 2018Telephone Exchange 3-5 Elmer Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DZ
Received 24 Feb 201436 Regis Avenue Aldwick PO21 4HJ
Received 19 Jan 201811 Elmwood Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 8DE
Received 7 Oct 20208 Thakeham Close East Preston BN16 1DR
Received 29 May 2018South Bersted Church Of England Primary School Church Lane Bognor Regis PO22 9PZ
Received 21 Jan 2019Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 5 Feb 202668 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DS
Received 4 Sept 2015Smugglers Steps The Street Walberton Arundel BN18 0PQ
Received 12 Nov 2013Land between Rose Green Road & Pagham Road Aldwick PO21 3EG
Received 28 Apr 201510 Garden Court Aldwick PO21 4XW
Received 3 Feb 2022University Of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 13 Mar 2019Church Farm House Rectory Lane Angmering BN16 4JU
Received 30 Jan 201539 High Street Arundel BN18 9AG
Received 14 Aug 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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