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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.
13,373 approved · 1,808 refused · 791 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
11 Well Road Pagham PO21 4SR
Received 24 Oct 2017Church Farm Bungalows Binsted Lane Binsted BN18 0LN
Received 29 Mar 2018The Crickets Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 18 Dec 2019Friends Meeting House 23 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5EL
Received 26 Mar 201828 St Richards Way Aldwick PO21 3BB
Received 1 Feb 2019Bradbury Hotel Station Road East Preston BN16 3FF
Received 17 Jan 2017Willow Cottage 2 Botany Close Rustington
Received 22 Feb 2017171 Orchard Way Bognor Regis PO22 9JY
Received 20 Apr 202140 Lansdowne Road Littlehampton BN17 6JG
Received 12 Feb 201993 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 7 Jan 2026Coopers Store 6 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5PL
Received 5 Mar 201350 North Street Littlehampton BN17 6JH
Received 25 Nov 202565 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 3 Sept 20128 Well Road Pagham PO21 4SR
Received 26 May 2015The Old Cottage 70 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AE
Received 24 Mar 202265 Christchurch Crescent Aldwick PO21 5SJ
Received 9 Sept 20192 Manor Cottages Preston Paddock Rustington BN16 2AF
Received 16 Feb 2021Land to West of Hook Lane Westergate PO20 3TE
Received 14 Oct 2026Land East of Tye Lane Walberton BN18 0LU
Received 29 Jun 2021Unit 1 Adjacent warehoue site to McDonalds Southern Cross Trading Estate Oldlands Way PO22 9SE
Received 23 Jul 20151 Normans Drive Bognor Regis PO22 8LW
Received 16 Apr 2013Qualitas 11 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4EJ
Received 3 Dec 2013Yeomans Seat Garage 52 Horsham Road Littlehampton BN17 6DN
Received 21 Oct 2025Land East of Drove Lane Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 28 Mar 2022Records 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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