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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.
13,098 approved · 1,757 refused · 781 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Pier The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 1SY
Received 9 Oct 2025East Barn The Street Climping
Received 7 Aug 2014Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 26 Jan 202254 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LU
Received 21 Aug 201521 Sunningdale Gardens Bognor Regis PO22 9LE
Received 12 Aug 2014Former Lec Airfield South of Felpham Way Bersted PO22 8ED
Received 20 Jun 201419 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DQ
Received 11 Apr 202210 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 3 Jul 20199 Aigburth Avenue Aldwick PO21 3DA
Received 17 Oct 201820 South Walk Middleton-on-Sea PO22 7RN
Received 17 Aug 2017The Arundel Gardener and Maidenhead Aquatics Crookthorn Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 29 Nov 2021Regis Centre Belmont Street Bognor Regis PO21 1BL
Received 20 May 202639 Bedford Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SH
Received 16 May 2021Horseshoe Cottage Sundale Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DS
Received 14 Sept 201837 Stempswood Way Barnham PO22 0LA
Received 25 Jun 20142 Critchmere Road Eastergate PO20 3XA
Received 24 Apr 20191 Station Road Ford BN18 0BJ
Received 16 Mar 2026Central Wetland Area Hampton Park Toddington Lane BN17 7PP
Received 12 Jun 20261 Chapel Walk Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HS
Received 12 Apr 2022Land East of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 17 Aug 202022 Harbour View Bognor Regis PO21 4RG
Received 30 Sept 20135 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3BU
Received 5 Sept 20192 Brooksmead Bognor Regis PO22 8AS
Received 23 Sept 201336 East Front Road Pagham PO21 4SU
Received 31 Dec 2019Records 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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