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.
7,419 approved · 951 refused · 473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Chantry Mead & Rear of 14 -18 Downview Road Barnham PO22 0EG
Received 11 Dec 202016 Walberton Park The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 8 Nov 2025Land West of Pagham Road Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 3 Sept 20252 Aldingbourne Nurseries Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TU
Received 17 Dec 2020Orchard Cottage Yapton Road Climping BN17 5RU
Received 22 May 202682 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7NZ
Received 7 Jul 20203 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2BZ
Received 3 Jul 20183 Abercorn Walk Old Rectory Drive Eastergate PO20 3XE
Received 2 Oct 202043 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7HD
Received 14 Aug 2018Land North Of Unit 26 Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 9 May 201920 Spinnaker View Pagham PO21 3FL
Received 10 May 2022Highdown Nursery Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PG
Received 18 Mar 202633 Helyers Green Littlehampton BN17 7HB
Received 5 Oct 2026Land At Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 3 Mar 202223 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4ES
Received 13 Apr 2026Former Windroos Nursery Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LY
Received 7 Dec 2018218 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 3QH
Received 25 Feb 2020Land South of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 27 Oct 2020St Johns Cottage Poling Street Poling BN18 9PS
Received 7 Oct 2021Former Nyton Nurseries Northfields Lane Eastergate PO20 3DQ
Received 12 Mar 2019Hill View Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 19 May 2026312 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5AU
Received 6 Sept 201890 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DL
Received 17 Jul 2018Arundel War Memorial and outside 5-7 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 9 Dec 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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