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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.
13,396 approved · 1,814 refused · 794 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Eagle Brewery Yard Brewery Hill Arundel BN18 9FJ
Received 3 Apr 2018Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 14 Feb 20144 Apple Grove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 10 Oct 20176 Norfolk Place Littlehampton BN17 5PD
Received 22 Mar 2019Rookery Nook 9 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QQ
Received 21 May 201440 Elmcroft Place Aldingbourne PO20 3XL
Received 1 Jul 20155 Shaw Close Middleton-on-sea PO22 7TQ
Received 2 Mar 20267 High Trees Aldwick PO21 4AA
Received 17 Oct 2018Westergate Lodge Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3RH
Received 2 Dec 202518 May Close Climping BN17 5TF
Received 23 Feb 2022CPR Ltd 1 Unit Dickenson Place Bognor Regis PO22 9QU
Received 10 Sept 2021Woosters Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3XD
Received 1 Apr 2015Land at the South West corner of Waterloo Square Bognor Regis
Received 14 Jan 201334 Harbour Road Pagham PO21 4TE
Received 27 Jan 2021Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 11 Jun 20218 Midhurst Close Ferring BN12 5BP
Received 5 May 202676-78 Elmer Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EX
Received 17 Dec 2021Flat 4 The Old Warehouse Arun Street Arundel BN18 9DL
Received 17 Sept 20199 Wick Parade Wick Street Littlehampton BN17 7JQ
Received 22 Mar 2021Travis Perkins Builders Merchants Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5BB
Received 9 Jan 20175 Admiralty Road Felpham PO22 7DJ
Received 10 Sept 2020Land South of Barnham Station Barnham
Received 25 Feb 2026Land adjacent to Oak Bank Wandleys Lane Walberton BN18 0QR
Received 28 Jan 2022Land South of A259 & West of Mill Lane Rustington West Sussex
Received 12 Nov 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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