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.
7,739 approved · 981 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Alleyne Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JZ
Received 7 Jun 201912 Central Avenue Rustington BN16 2HG
Received 22 Feb 2019Ridgeways Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 3 Feb 2019Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 19 Feb 202610 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 8 Nov 2019Land rear of 2,4,& 6 Gladstone Road Yapton BN18 0JP
Received 12 Feb 2020Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 26 May 202673 Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0EP
Received 14 Dec 2018St Margarrets C of E School Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4LP
Received 31 May 2022Land adj to 26 Songthrush Lane Barnham PO22 0AE
Received 6 Aug 202132 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3SP
Received 28 Aug 20264 Flansham Park Felpham PO22 6QD
Received 28 Mar 20205 Arundel Road Littlehampton BN17 7BY
Received 17 Sept 201956-57 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LP
Received 14 Dec 2017Palm Cottage 62 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BT
Received 8 Dec 2020114 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2EJ
Received 9 Jan 2020Units 33-36 on Land at Lineside Industrial Estate Northwest Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 8 Nov 20216 Rochester Way Aldwick PO21 3RD
Received 3 Oct 201911 Cambridge Walk Aldwick PO21 4RB
Received 18 Feb 2020Kelsey Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 12 May 2022The Furlongs - sales office Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 6 Apr 20182 Meadowview Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RN
Received 2 Jul 202119 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 12 Oct 2025Aspen House Hurst Road East Preston BN16 3AP
Received 28 Nov 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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