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8,280 approved · 1,043 refused · 491 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NP
Received 15 Jul 202111 St Richards Way Aldwick PO21 3BD
Received 15 Jul 2018Envirowaste (Southern) Limited Burndell Road Yapton BN18 OHR
Received 3 May 201926 Sea Lane Pagham PO21 4UL
Received 18 Oct 2018The Mill Cottage Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 13 Feb 2019Fern Cottage 5A Surrey Street Arundel BN18 9DT
Received 6 Apr 202131 South Drive Felpham PO22 7PY
Received 2 Jan 2019Land South of Arundel Road Walberton BN18 0QP
Received 3 Jul 201945 Southdean Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TH
Received 15 Jan 202125 Ash Grove Bognor Regis PO22 9JT
Received 14 May 201950 Mansfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 9HB
Received 21 Jul 202012 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 8 Dec 202117 Somerton Green Felpham PO22 8EZ
Received 22 Nov 201711A Outerwyke Avenue Felpham PO22 8JH
Received 19 Oct 2021The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 22 Mar 201817 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 27 Sept 2018Land West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 19 Aug 2026Bognor Regis Football Club Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2TY
Received 27 Mar 2020The Old School House Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AX
Received 14 Jun 2021Long Barn Norton Lane Norton Aldingbourne PO20 3NH
Received 18 Sept 2018Manor Cottage Station Road Rustington BN16 3AS
Received 16 Sept 20263 Lamorna Gardens Ferring BN12 5QD
Received 12 Aug 201910 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 18 Aug 202061 Roundstone Crescent East Preston BN16 1DQ
Received 15 May 2018Records 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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