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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.
13,421 approved · 1,824 refused · 796 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sea Lane Cottage 258 Goring Way Ferring BN12 5BZ
Received 1 Feb 2013Land adjacent to 35 Roemead Drive and 28 Donovan Way Yapton
Received 8 Apr 20265 Sea Drive Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 1 Aug 201960 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LG
Received 11 Oct 2018Timberleys Preston Hall The Street East Preston BN16 1HU
Received 7 Oct 20203 Wren Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 9BZ
Received 2 Oct 20205-7 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QB
Received 3 Jul 2020Merrydown Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RP
Received 17 Dec 2021Pharos Quay River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BF
Received 16 Feb 20152 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 21 Apr 20221 Swanwick Walk Manning Road Littlehampton BN17 7FF
Received 30 Jan 2020Redridge Cottage Westergate Street Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3QU
Received 19 Jun 2015Croft Works 52 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN
Received 17 Apr 202681 Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6QA
Received 4 Apr 2019Arun Retail Park Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NF
Received 12 Feb 201982 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7NZ
Received 16 Apr 202168 Aldwick Felds Aldwick PO21 3TH
Received 4 Aug 2015Former Brooks Nursery Eastergate PO22 0ED
Received 27 Sept 2013Stage by the Sea The Promenade Littlehampton
Received 21 Aug 2013Ferring Country Centre and Riding Stables Rife Way Ferring BN12 5JZ
Received 12 Sept 2017Hollyacre Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 3 May 20137 Halliford Drive Barnham PO20 0AB
Received 4 Apr 201328 White Horses Way Littlehampton BN17 6NP
Received 7 Jul 2014Norfolk Arms Hotel 22 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 10 Jul 2018Records 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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