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.
7,570 approved · 969 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Salt Box West Of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 11 Mar 2020Land adjacent to Sefter School House Sefter Road Bognor Regis PO21 3EE
Received 23 Jul 2021Land at Watersmead Business Park Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LS
Received 19 Feb 2019Flintstones Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RT
Received 28 Aug 2018Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 7 May 202518 Clarence Drive East Preston BN16 1EH
Received 11 Oct 202151 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2BG
Received 3 Jun 202141-43 St Josephs Franciscan Convent East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 3 Dec 2021Land off Stanhorn Grove Stanhorn Grove PO22 8FS
Received 15 Feb 2019Cottrell House High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 14 Jan 202650 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LU
Received 26 Apr 2018Land West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 20 Dec 2021Walberton Place Care Home Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 2 Aug 2019Phase 2B Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 16 Jun 2021Land west of Green Acres Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AE
Received 17 Mar 202242 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JS
Received 6 Nov 2020229 Manor Way Aldwick Bay Estate PO21 4HT
Received 29 Aug 20186 Waverley Road Rustington BN16 2DX
Received 19 Jan 2022Grassed Area In Garage Compound Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RG
Received 20 Sept 20257 St Richards Way Bognor Regis PO21 3BD
Received 20 Jun 2019Land adjacent to 7 Central Drive Elmer Middleton PO22 7TT
Received 15 Aug 20181 North Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7AR
Received 15 Nov 2021Church Farm Holiday Village Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NR
Received 16 Jul 2021Furzefield Scout Campsite Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EW
Received 24 Aug 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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