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.
7,776 approved · 984 refused · 483 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjacent to Sefter School House Sefter Road Pagham
Received 28 Apr 2022Land at Ford Airfield Ford
Received 30 Mar 2026Lincoln Cottage 33 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 21 Apr 202635 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DQ
Received 30 Aug 201919 South Way Bersted PO21 5HB
Received 13 Jul 202111 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 17 Mar 2021Murroes Dairy Lane Walberton BN18 0PT
Received 27 Aug 202010 South Road Felpham PO22 8EF
Received 11 Feb 2019Land at Salt Box West of Shipney Road Bersted
Received 13 Oct 202059 Chantryfield Road Angmering BN16 4DH
Received 6 May 201918-22 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AW
Received 10 Nov 202132 Norbren Avenue Bersted PO21 5HE
Received 8 Mar 2021South Point 1 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NL
Received 10 Jul 2020Innovation Centre Beeding Close Bersted PO22 9TS
Received 18 Dec 20184 Tillington Cottages Main Road Yapton BN18 0EU
Received 2 Oct 2019Land south of the A259 Grevatt's Lane Climping BN17 5RE
Received 21 Jan 2019The Tudor Close Public House Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NQ
Received 8 Sept 2020The Steddles North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 20 Dec 201924 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DA
Received 9 May 2022Salt Beach Kiosk Sea Road East Preston BN16 1PD
Received 11 Aug 202612 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LJ
Received 3 Jul 201912 Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QU
Received 15 Jul 20214 Woodstock Gardens Aldwick PO21 3PR
Received 9 May 201964 Aldwick Felds Aldwick PO21 3TH
Received 29 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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