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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.
12,941 approved · 1,732 refused · 771 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Chapel, Flat 1 Barton Manor Barton Close Pagham PO21 4FH
Received 3 Nov 201711 Kenhurst East Preston BN16 1LL
Received 15 Mar 2013Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 14 Jun 2018Land off Canal Mews Canal Mews Barnham PO22 0DP
Received 14 Jun 202132 Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PB
Received 24 Nov 2021Land between 2 - 4 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 24 Oct 201434 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1ER
Received 14 Aug 2018Land to the south of Ford Lane and east of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 1 Dec 202180-86 Elmer Road MIddleton on Sea PO22 6EX
Received 25 Jul 2018Flat 11 Clare Lodge Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RF
Received 19 May 20157 Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QU
Received 9 Jan 2015104D Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8PB
Received 20 Aug 20131 Wilman Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 4BP
Received 16 Jul 20195 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SY
Received 25 Nov 202110 Acre Field Grevatts Lane West Yapton Bognor
Received 23 Dec 202123 Hornbeam Avenue Angmering BN16 4PS
Received 24 Feb 2026Land Adjacent 4 Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 2 Aug 2019Rear of 42 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1ES
Received 31 Mar 2022The Beach The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 1SY
Received 16 Sept 2011Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 27 Apr 20204 Kirdford Road Arundel BN18 9EF
Received 17 Mar 2022Summerlea County Primary School Windsor Drive Rustington BN16 3SW
Received 5 Jul 2013Suite 6 Wyvern House 46-48 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SP
Received 19 Jun 20149-11 Water Tower Buildings London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PN
Received 10 Feb 2020Records 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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