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.
7,661 approved · 975 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
25 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QN
Received 12 May 2021H M Ford Open Prison Ford Road Ford BN18 0BX
Received 22 Jan 2019Oak House 6 Holly Tree Grove Walberton BN18 0FQ
Received 2 Aug 2020Land at West Barn Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 20 Oct 2025Walberton House The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 21 Aug 20259 Innerwyke Close Felpham PO22 8PY
Received 14 Oct 202545 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JP
Received 14 Sept 201829 Madeira Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 8DF
Received 26 Feb 201923 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3ED
Received 13 Aug 20205 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JP
Received 22 Nov 202112 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8HX
Received 20 May 202018 Singleton Close Pagham PO21 4JY
Received 21 Oct 20195 Reef Close Littlehampton BN17 6QG
Received 30 Jul 2019Middleton House Yapton Road Middleton on Sea PP22 6DU
Received 13 Aug 2018Lidsey Lodge Farm Sack Lane Lidsey PO22 9PE
Received 22 Feb 20229 Marquis Way Aldwick PO21 4AT
Received 23 Dec 202190 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 1 Oct 20184 St Catherines Terrace Canning Road Felpham PO22 7AD
Received 13 Apr 201818 Somerset Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 2AA
Received 16 Dec 201932 Victoria Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JF
Received 2 Jun 20206 Burch Grove Walberton BN18 0BB
Received 2 Oct 2018Crossbush Service Station Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QQ
Received 20 Apr 2022Kingston Corner Brookside Road Kingston BN16 1SE
Received 18 Mar 201952 Minton Road Felpham PO22 7JX
Received 4 Jun 2020Records 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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