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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.
14,020 approved · 1,929 refused · 826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Karma The Circle Seaview Avenue East Preston
Received 10 Feb 201714 Applegrove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 31 Jul 2017Land At Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 3 Mar 2022Tall Trees High Street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 27 Apr 20121 & 2 Sidlaw Terrace Clarence Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JY
Received 3 May 2013Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road Rustington BN16 2LZ
Received 9 Oct 202625 Lionel Avenue Felpham PO22 8LG
Received 29 Apr 2021The Croft Surgery Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 17 May 202152 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 18 Jul 201824 Amberley Road Rustington BN16 2EF
Received 23 Feb 201816 Walders Road Rustington BN16 3PE
Received 5 Nov 2021Teazlewood High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 8 May 20199 Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 0EJ
Received 10 Mar 20228 The Drive Bognor Regis PO21 4DU
Received 25 Sept 20203 Oak Grove Bognor Regis PO22 9JL
Received 3 Oct 2026White Cottage West Walberton Lane Walberton Arundel BN18 0QS
Received 22 Nov 2019Brook Barn Courtwick Lane Littlehampton
Received 8 Jun 2017Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 11 Aug 2020162 Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PH
Received 27 Jul 202129 Blackthorn Avenue Felpham PO22 8GA
Received 5 Feb 2019Holly Cottage 27A Belle Meade Close Aldingbourne PO20 3YD
Received 30 Nov 2017The Crickets Hoe Lane Flansham Yapton PO22 8NT
Received 27 Apr 2020Highway Depot Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 9 Oct 2025Land Adjacent 1 Orchard Way Fontwell Arundel BN18 0SH
Received 25 Apr 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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