Essential IT work is being carried out for planning and Building Control from 4pm on Friday 4 April until Friday 11 April. During this time, you will still be able to make planning and building control applications, view planning applications and make comments on planning applications but staff will have very limited access to be able to process them.

We will have received everything submitted to us but there will be a delay in the processing of new applications and the publishing of new information received after 4pm on Friday 4. There will also be a very short period of downtime on the website on Friday 11 as the links are updated. We apologise in advance for the delay.

Planning permission submenu

  1. Find out if you need planning permission What is permitted development and when you need to apply for planning permission
  2. Apply for planning permission How to apply, the information you need to include and what happens next
  3. What happens next How we validate and decide a planning application
  4. Pre-application advice Get advice on your planning application before you submit it
  5. Tree works and preservation Find out if a tree is protected and how to apply for permission to carry out work on a tree
  6. How to appeal a planning decision What to do if you do not agree with a planning decision or conditions added to your application
  7. Report a breach of planning regulations Let us know if you think someone is not following the planning rules and law
  8. Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) When you need to pay it, how much you need to pay and what we spend it on
  9. Planning Committee For information on upcoming and previous meetings
  10. Search for a planning application Find out how to search for and comment on a planning application
  11. Consultation on the Planning Local Validation Requirements Lists The outcome of the consultation that closed on 8 April 2024

General info

  1. The planning system explained

Further information for applicants

  1. Affordable housing policy
  2. Countryside hedges: protection and management
  3. Choosing an agent
  4. Planning performance agreement protocol
  5. Pre-commencement conditions
  6. Surface water drainage
  7. Waste storage and collection guidance for new developments within Arun [docx] 2.45MB