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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.
14,359 approved · 2,000 refused · 845 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 8 Dec 2017Melrose 7A Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 3 Jun 201411 Beaumont Park Littlehampton BN17 6PE
Received 9 Feb 201781 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1LN
Received 31 Jul 2018Land West of Yapton Road (Poultry Farm) Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DY
Received 17 Sept 2020Land adj to 6 Seafield Terrace Stocker Road Bognor Regis PO21 2QQ
Received 25 Jan 201312 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XE
Received 10 Jun 2014New Place Farm A 27 Arundel Road Angmering BN18 9QA
Received 13 Jul 2005Walberton Place Care Home Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 23 Jul 2018Lamorna House 6 The Oaks Rustington BN16 2UP
Received 20 Nov 202590 & 91 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5LJ
Received 15 Jun 201714A Canada Grove Bognor Regis PO21 1DN
Received 16 Feb 20175 Ancton Way Middleton on Sea PO22 7JN
Received 8 Dec 2011Flint House / The Old Bakery Bakery Lane Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 1UR
Received 30 Aug 2013Elm Farm 34 The Street Rustington BN16 3PA
Received 11 Jan 2012Land adjacent to the A27 Arundel Road Aldingbourne West Sussex PO18 0JX
Received 4 Jul 20131 Morrells Walk North Bersted Bersted PO21 5BH
Received 19 Feb 2013Land At Drove Farm Drove Lane Yapton Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 11 Mar 202225 Beech Road Findon BN14 0UR
Received 20 Jan 201232 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4AZ
Received 12 Oct 2017Sun Ray Cottage 50 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JP
Received 24 May 201832 Kings Drive Pagham PO21 4PZ
Received 6 Aug 2025108 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7LP
Received 30 Sept 2021Trebarwith Cottage Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RS
Received 11 Jan 2019Records 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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