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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.
12,878 approved · 1,724 refused · 768 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Church Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 14 Mar 20224 Sunnyside Close Angmering BN16 4AU
Received 24 Apr 2014Forge House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UP
Received 10 May 202110 Merton Close Bognor Regis PO21 5SQ
Received 16 Feb 201426 Sea Lane Pagham PO21 4UL
Received 18 Oct 2018Paddock View Cottage 181B Lyminster Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7QB
Received 8 Dec 2025Land at Lineside Industrial Estate Northwest of Unit 26 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 1 Oct 202095 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LH
Received 18 Aug 201525 Grosvenor Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 3EZ
Received 4 Apr 201346 Ashurst Way East Preston BN16 1AG
Received 6 Aug 201510 Henry Fletcher Close Angmering BN16 4FB
Received 2 Oct 2020The Long House Nyton Road Westergate ALDINGBOURNE PO20 3UP
Received 7 Apr 2017Land to the south of The Tiled Barn Station Road East Preston BN16 3AR
Received 15 Jul 201546 Cornwall Road Littlehampton BN17 6EQ
Received 5 Aug 20199 Upper Drive East Preston BN16 1QN
Received 21 Apr 2017Land at Rustington Retail Park New Road Rustington BN16 3RT
Received 19 Apr 2013Wheatley Greystoke Road Ferring BN12 5JL
Received 16 Nov 201846a and 47 Pier Road and Land North of Clifton Road Littlehampton BN17 5LW
Received 5 Jun 20201-6 Herons Court Wroxham Way Felpham PO22 8HA
Received 7 Mar 201938 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TS
Received 23 Aug 2021Haskins Garden Centre Roundstone Bypass Angmering West Sussex BN16 4BD
Received 5 Aug 20267 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 5 Apr 2017Slaters Cottage 3 The Street East Preston BN16 1JJ
Received 11 Jul 2018Ground floor flat 45 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 26 Mar 2013Records 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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