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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.
13,226 approved · 1,783 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spindrift Golden Acre East Preston Littlehampton BN16 1QR
Received 2 Oct 2013Casterbridge The Thatchway Angmering BN16 4HJ
Received 30 Jul 201366 The Street Rustington BN16 3NR
Received 12 May 2021Laburnum Grove Junior School Laburnum Grove Bognor Regis PO22 9HT
Received 21 Mar 2013Adjacent Warehouse site to McDonalds Oldlands Way, Bersted PO22 9SE
Received 6 Mar 2014Morrells Farm Lower Bognor Road Lagness PO20 1LR
Received 14 Jun 2021Windlesham 7 St Winefrides Road Littlehampton BN17 5NL
Received 11 Dec 201969 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2HL
Received 6 Oct 2014Land West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 16 Nov 20211 Rose Cottages Climping Street Climping BN17 5RH
Received 2 Apr 2014Rear of 7 Middleton Road Felpham PO22 6BL
Received 24 May 202127 Central Drive Elmer PO22 7TT
Received 7 Mar 2019Woodland Sports Field Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 2 May 2019Westside Cottage 254 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 3QH
Received 18 Mar 20141 The Old Poor House Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 26 Nov 20126 Glenway Bognor Regis PO22 8BU
Received 13 May 201915 Gorse Avenue Felpham PO22 6AY
Received 15 Mar 2013346 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BX
Received 11 Mar 20153 Ocean Parade Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5QQ
Received 15 Mar 20172 Purbeck Place Littlehampton BN17 5DP
Received 6 Mar 2022Wilmington Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 1 Nov 202162 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 3 May 2022Site 6 Phases 4 & 5 Land North of Felpham Felpham PO22 8FX
Received 20 Mar 20152 Linden Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AN
Received 15 Apr 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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