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.
7,705 approved · 976 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
38 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RQ
Received 16 May 202210 Linden Court 31-35 Linden Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AP
Received 14 Aug 2020Former Bartons Infant School Romney Broadwalk Bersted PO22 9BH
Received 6 Apr 2022Ciel The Ridgway Felpham PO22 7JQ
Received 13 Jan 2022Land East of 1 The Way East Preston BN16 1QJ
Received 2 Feb 2021Land North of Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PB
Received 23 Jan 2026Land adjacent to Dalloway Road Arundel Road West Sussex BN18 9HJ
Received 14 Jul 202070 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DJ
Received 17 Aug 202065 Carlton Avenue Aldwick PO21 3LP
Received 11 Jan 202014 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 9 Oct 2019Aldwick Road Bognor Regis
Received 31 Mar 20215 Bernard Road Arundel BN18 9EP
Received 13 Aug 2020Rose Green County Infant School Hawkins Close Aldwick PO21 3LW
Received 11 Jan 20198 Greenwood Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 9EN
Received 15 Jun 202623 The Byway Middleton on Sea PO22 6DR
Received 10 Mar 202113-17 Richmond Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2YE
Received 28 Feb 2022Clays Farm North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 8 Apr 2026Tall Trees Church Road Yapton BN18 0FJ
Received 9 May 2019Chudleigh The Close Rustington BN16 2DW
Received 19 Apr 202246a & 46b Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LW
Received 9 Jan 20263 Ely Gardens Aldwick PO21 3RY
Received 7 Feb 202021 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AA
Received 3 Aug 2018Babsham Business Centre Babsham Lane Bersted PO21 5EL
Received 30 Jan 2021Land north of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 26 Mar 2019Records 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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