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8,280 approved · 1,043 refused · 492 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land West of Pagham Road and Land South of Summer Lane Pagham
Received 19 Apr 2021Phase 6a Hampton Park Littlehampton
Received 5 Dec 2025Ashlyn 19 Craigweil Manor Aldwick PO21 4DJ
Received 19 Oct 2020Old Farm Cottage Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UR
Received 20 Jul 201828 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QF
Received 30 Nov 2020Longacres Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 5 May 2026Sack Lane Dairy Sack Lane ALDINGBOURNE PO22 9PD
Received 16 May 2017Farplants Sales Ltd Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AL
Received 5 Feb 201953 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2BW
Received 14 Apr 202126 The Crescent Rustington BN16 2PE
Received 25 Mar 2026Berri Court Main Road Yapton West Sussex BN18 0ED
Received 5 Jan 20182 Cavendish Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JW
Received 5 Sept 20191A Norfolk House Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HZ
Received 4 Nov 2018Land north of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 21 Oct 2025Land at Dappers Lane Angmering Littlehampton
Received 25 Oct 2021Land at Water Lane Angmering
Received 16 Dec 20253 Claigmar Court Claigmar Road Rustington BN16 2NP
Received 8 Jan 201811 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 15 Feb 20196 Albert Road Rustington BN16 3JS
Received 23 Sept 20195 Larchfield Close Aldwick PO21 4RB
Received 24 Apr 20189 Meadow Way Aldwick PO21 4HG
Received 3 Feb 202258 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 22 Jan 201817 Frobisher Road Pagham PO21 3LT
Received 15 Nov 2019Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 22 Oct 2025Records 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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