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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.
14,244 approved · 1,972 refused · 837 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
29 Westfield Bersted PO22 9HE
Received 22 Oct 2019Land off Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 15 Dec 20215 Elspring Mead Wick Littlehampton BN17 7JE
Received 12 Feb 2020Spinneys West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 2 Jul 201354 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NH
Received 21 Jan 2014Flintstones Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RT
Received 1 May 201911 Arun Way Aldwick PO21 4HF
Received 24 Aug 2017Weavers High Street Angmering BN16 4AH
Received 5 Jan 2019Communal Courtyard Ninevah Shipyard Arundel BN18 9SU
Received 16 Jan 201414 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QT
Received 3 Jul 201229 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JH
Received 15 Mar 20221 Regents Way Aldwick PO21 5QN
Received 25 May 2018Former disused car park Rudford Industrial Estate Ford Road Clymping BN18 0BF
Received 12 May 20225 Long Back Cottages Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JT
Received 18 Mar 201336 Southfields Road Littlehampton BN17 6AE
Received 30 Jan 2021Units 6 & 7 Brookside Avenue Rustington BN16 3LF
Received 8 May 2018White Lodge Rectory Lane Angmering BN16 4JU
Received 6 Dec 201615 Old Point Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RY
Received 5 Nov 202530 Limmer Lane Bognor Regis PO22 7ET
Received 9 Sept 2011Communal Ground at Willowhayne Mews Preston Paddock Rustington BN16 2AF
Received 2 Jul 2012Land adj 84 Maltravers Street Aundel BN18 9DS
Received 23 Jan 201212 Churchill Parade The Street Rustington BN16 3DJ
Received 15 Aug 201893 East Ham Road LITTLEHAMPTON BN17 7BQ
Received 23 Mar 2017Pavement outside Poundland 36-38 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 26 May 2026Records 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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