Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
8,280 approved · 1,043 refused · 491 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Windsor Drive Rustington BN16 3SW
Received 25 Aug 2021Westerley Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 17 Sept 2026Land East of Drove Lane Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 6 Apr 20213 Meadow Way Aldwick PO21 4HG
Received 10 Aug 2026The Greenway West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 13 Apr 2021To rear of 21 Hedgerow Close Felpham PO22 8BP
Received 6 Jun 2019Magnolias Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 4 Mar 202123 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 4 Apr 2022Unit 5 Saltbox Road Bersted PO22 9NW
Received 1 Apr 2021Land at Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 7 Jan 2019Booker Hall Station Road Rustington BN16 3AY
Received 9 Aug 202135 Roundstone Crescent East Preston BN16 1DG
Received 18 Aug 202126 Meadow Way Littlehampton BN17 6BL
Received 25 Jun 201815 Greenways Pagham PO21 4QE
Received 31 Aug 202129 West View Drive Yapton BN18 0JR
Received 27 May 2022Unit 1 Lineside Way Littlehampton BN17 7EH
Received 8 Jan 201917 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AA
Received 20 May 201923 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 9 Jan 2022Land at the rear of 69 The Causeway Pagham PO21 4PQ
Received 30 Sept 2021The Cottage Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PA
Received 28 Nov 201811 Ferring Marine Ferring BN12 5PP
Received 1 Aug 201922 North Way Felpham PO22 7BT
Received 16 Oct 201745 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RU
Received 29 Aug 20252 Meadow View (Peak Lane) Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RN
Received 11 Mar 2021Records 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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