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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.
14,261 approved · 1,978 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Margaret Close Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 15 Sept 201525 Manor Park Pagham PO21 3JS
Received 8 Feb 2022Toddington House Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 7 Aug 201329 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2BX
Received 20 Jan 202053 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 22 May 202665 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 20 Mar 2020Highway verge of westbound side of Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis
Received 21 May 2026Martlets Court Queen Street Arundel BN18 9NZ
Received 23 Nov 2020The Tudor Close Public House Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NQ
Received 17 Apr 2020Wychwood House 1 Wychwood Walk Aldwick PO21 4DP
Received 11 Apr 2017Little Stars Ascot Way Rustington BN16 3SB
Received 3 Mar 2015The Piggeries The Street Climping BN17 5RG
Received 4 Aug 2014Bairds Farm Shop, Field Rear Of Crookthorn Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 7 May 202123 Coventry Close Aldwick PO21 3RT
Received 19 Jun 2020Merry England Nursery Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 28 Apr 202012 Barnfield Cottages Arundel Road Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SE
Received 11 May 20186 & 8 Cavendish Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JW
Received 2 Apr 20261 Brougham Grove Angmering BN16 4PP
Received 20 Mar 202014 Esher Drive Littlehampton BN17 6AA
Received 5 Jun 201925 Windward Close Littlehampton BN17 6QX
Received 9 Jun 2020Land Fronting 15 and 31 Sea Road East Preston
Received 2 Feb 20229 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PP
Received 4 Nov 20201 Rose Place Littlehampton BN17 6WN
Received 8 Mar 201322 Kingsmead Felpham PO22 7BH
Received 29 May 2015Records 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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