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.
7,805 approved · 989 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Tennyson Avenue Rustington BN16 2PH
Received 8 Jul 2019Riverside House 2 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JS
Received 18 Feb 2021Manor Nursery High Street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 30 Apr 202125 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 25 Apr 2021Flint Acre Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 22 Apr 20269 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PP
Received 27 Nov 2019Tyrolean Lodge Main Road Yapton BN18 0EA
Received 10 Feb 20264 East Avenue Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EG
Received 28 Feb 202174 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 6 Nov 2025Land at Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton
Received 22 Nov 2021Land at Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PB
Received 30 Jan 202613 Albert Road Rustington BN16 3JS
Received 29 Jul 201975 Ashurst Way East Preston BN16 1AQ
Received 24 May 2021Picturedrome Cinema 51 Canada Grove Bognor Regis PO21 1DW
Received 16 Aug 2019Vernon House 10 Maltravers Drive Littlehampton BN17 5EY
Received 4 Mar 202094 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HE
Received 10 Nov 2025BMW House Chandlers Garage Ltd Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EH
Received 3 Jun 202120 Aldbourne Drive Aldwick PO21 4NE
Received 23 Sept 202541 Abbottsbury Pagham PO21 4RT
Received 7 Jun 2021Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 21 Sept 2020Willows West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 13 Apr 2021463 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5EB
Received 22 Jan 20188 Acre Close Rustington BN16 3PG
Received 1 Aug 201827 Vermont Way East Preston BN16 1JX
Received 22 Nov 2018Records 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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