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.
7,801 approved · 989 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Warwick Nursery Barnham Road Eastergate Barnham PO203RT
Received 18 Dec 202054 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PL
Received 26 Jul 2021South Yard B Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 24 Mar 2020GTR New Site Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SB
Received 9 Apr 2026Newman House, Flat 8 21 Sturges Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AH
Received 27 Feb 2020Southgate Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EJ
Received 14 Apr 2020The Royal Hotel The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 1SZ
Received 9 Sept 201931A The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DT
Received 1 Nov 202155 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7HE
Received 9 Apr 202125 West Avenue Aldwick PO21 3QP
Received 9 Jul 2021Protacol 5 The Pantiles Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NE
Received 2 Apr 201984 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 9 Feb 2018Verge at Junction of The Causeway and Kings Drive Pagham PO21 4PG
Received 17 Jul 20191 Little Barton Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BW
Received 30 Aug 2019149 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 26 Jan 202116 Swanbourne Road Littlehampton BN17 6HS
Received 24 Apr 20261 Swanwick Walk Manning Road Littlehampton BN17 7FF
Received 25 Oct 201963 Midhurst Drive Ferring BN12 5BQ
Received 4 Jan 201925 Servite Close Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 2DE
Received 2 May 201842 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SP
Received 2 Jun 20261 Whitelands Felpham PO22 8JF
Received 11 Jul 2019Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 25 Nov 2019Land Adjacent Station Cottages Ford Road Ford BN18 0BH
Received 12 Mar 201943 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 17 Feb 2021Records 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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