Contact planning

The planning department can be contacted for general enquiries: 

The Planning Duty Officer is available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 12pm: 

The technical support team, who deal with validating applications, can be contacted by phone:

Case officers

Sometimes you'll need to speak to the case officer dealing with your application.

Eastern area team

Deal with applications (not strategic ones) in the parishes of Arundel, Angmering, Climping, East Preston, Ferring, Ford, Kingston, Littlehampton, Lyminster and Crossbush, Middleton, Poling, Rustington and Walberton.

You can email any team member at planning@arun.gov.uk, please title your email for their attention.

Eastern area team

Name	Role	Phone
Juan Baeza	Area Team Leader 2	01903 737765
Kathryn Welch	Planning Officer	01903 737789
Harry Chalk	Planning Officer	01903 737577

Western area team

Deal with applications (not strategic ones) in the parishes of Aldingbourne, Aldwick, Barnham, Bersted, Bognor Regis, Eastergate, Felpham, Pagham and Yapton.

You can email any team member at planning@arun.gov.uk, please title your email for their attention.

Western area team

Name	Role	Phone
Daniel Vick	Area Team Leader 1	01903 737771
Simon Davis	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737874
Maria Tomalova	Senior Planning Officer	01903 737510
Hannah Kersley	Planning Officer	01903 737856
Hannah Riddle	Planning Degree Apprentice	01903 737646
Samantha Allen	Planning Compliance and Monitoring Investigator (S215) (covers all of the district)	01903 737761

Strategic development team

Deal with major and strategic developments.

You can email any team member at planning@arun.gov.uk, please title your email for their attention.

Strategic Development Team

Name	Role	Phone
David Easton	Strategic Development Team Leader	01903 737500 Extension 37361
Katie Sharp	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737832
Jessica Riches	Principal Planning Officer	01903 737852