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.
7,659 approved · 975 refused · 481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7AZ
Received 15 Nov 2021Land At Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 4 Mar 2020Kingston Manor Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1RR
Received 31 May 2018Hotham Park House, Garden Flat High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1HW
Received 14 Jul 2026Worthing Rugby Club Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 22 May 2026Culver Cottage 37 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2LN
Received 21 Jan 2019Little Box Cottage Walberton Green Walberton BN18 0AT
Received 25 Sept 2020Manor Nursery High Street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 27 May 202114 Bridger Close Felpham PO22 8FT
Received 24 Sept 201835 Colts Bay Aldwick PO21 4EH
Received 7 Sept 201830 Chaucer Avenue Rustington BN16 2PQ
Received 11 May 20215 Highland Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2BJ
Received 23 May 202228 Gilwynes Aldwick PO21 3SG
Received 21 Sept 202638 Chalcraft Lane Bersted PO21 5TX
Received 3 Apr 201917 Stapleton Court Aldwick PO21 4BH
Received 26 Jun 2020Flint Acre Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 4 May 2021Normandie Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 21 May 201960 Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0ES
Received 15 Mar 2021Land north of Sunnyside Cottages Yapton Road Barnham
Received 16 Mar 20214 Copper Hall Close Rustington BN16 3RZ
Received 12 Feb 202060 & 62 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PT
Received 25 Sept 2018Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 29 Jul 2020Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 22 Nov 202131 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NR
Received 19 Mar 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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