Contact Planning

The planning section can be contacted:

By Telephone General Enquiries 01903 737756

Planning Duty Officer Monday, Wednesday & Friday Mornings 9.00- 12.00 01903 737756

In Person The planning reception desk is open Monday to Friday 8.45-1pm

If you need to speak to the specific case officer dealing with an application they can be contacted on the numbers below. The department is split into 3 teams Eastern Area Team, Western Area Team and Strategic Developments. Please note that some of Arun District Council’s area falls under the South Downs National Park and you need to contact them about any planning issues in their area by emailing them at planning@southdowns.gov.uk


Eastern Area Team Deals with applications (not Major ones) in the Parishes of Arundel, Angmering, Climping, East Preston, Ferring, Ford, Kingston, Littlehampton,Lyminster and Crossbush, Middleton, Poling, Rustington and Walberton	Job Title	Telephone Number	Email Address
Juan Baeza	Area Team Leader 2	01903 737765	planning@arun.gov.uk
Andrew Wood	Senior Planning Officer	01903 737768	planning@arun.gov.uk
Anita Gardner	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737529	planning@arun.gov.uk
Zac Denton	Planning Officer	01903 737500 ext 37447	planning@arun.gov.uk
Lisa Coney	Senior Planning Officer (Compliance)	01903 737524	planning@arun.gov.uk
Tracey Headley-Smith	Senior Planning Officer (Compliance)	01903 737576	planning@arun.gov.uk

Western Area Team Deals with applications (not Major ones) in the Parishes of Aldingbourne, Aldwick, Barnham,Bersted, Bognor Regis, Eastergate,Felpham, Pagham and Yapton	Job Title	Telephone Number	Email
Daniel Vick	Area Team Leader 1	01903 737771	planning@arun.gov.uk
Simon Davis	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737874	planning@arun.gov.uk
Maria Tomalova	Senior Planning Officer	01903 737510	planning@arun.gov.uk
Finlay Garner	Planning Officer	01903 737915	planning@arun.gov.uk
Amber Willard	Planning Officer	01903 737500 Ext 37445	planning@arun.gov.uk
Rosemarie Dannatt	Senior Planning Officer (Compliance)	01903 737507	planning@arun.gov.uk
Christopher Best	Senior Planning Officer (Compliance)	01903 737644	planning@arun.gov.uk
Samantha Allen	Planning Compliance & Monitoring Investigator (S215) Covers all of the District)	01903 737761	planning@arun.gov.uk


Strategic Development Team Deals with Major/strategic applications	Job Title	Telephone Number	Email
Claire Potts	Strategic Development Team Leader	01903 737698	planning@arun.gov.uk
Michael Eastham	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737772	planning@arun.gov.uk
Raymond Cole	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737598	planning@arun.gov.uk

The Technical Support Team which deals with validating applications can be contacted on 01903 737711

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