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7,805 approved · 989 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
North West Verge (Rear of 10&12 Bushby Av) Off Waverley Road Rustington BN16 2DX
Received 29 Nov 20188 Manor Park Nyetimber PO21 3JS
Received 1 Aug 2019Land next to 5&6 Midholme Sea Lane Close East Preston BN16 1ST
Received 25 Jul 201916 Robins Drive Aldwick PO21 3BL
Received 18 Mar 201847 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QX
Received 9 Feb 202242 Addison Way Bersted PO22 9HY
Received 4 Jul 202047 Linnet Close Littlehampton BN17 7GW
Received 17 Jan 201948 Sea Lane Pagham PO21 4UJ
Received 22 Jan 20202 Old Moat Close Bersted PO22 9UP
Received 24 Jan 2022Former Royal Bay Care Home 86 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PE
Received 26 Apr 2022Land to East of Torri House Old Mead Road Littlehampton BN17 7PU
Received 17 Nov 201735 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BA
Received 22 Feb 2021Land SW of Drove Lane Farm Yapton
Received 8 Nov 20184 Shorecroft Aldwick PO21 4AS
Received 6 Jan 2021Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 22 Jul 2020Harbour Park Arun Parade Littlehampton BN17 5LL
Received 9 Jan 2019Northfields Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 22 Mar 2018Dove Cottage 76 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 1 Feb 20227 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AA
Received 16 Nov 2021The Chase 101 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AF
Received 1 Jun 2021Merton Down Wessex Avenue Aldwick PO21 2QW
Received 18 Oct 202174 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1DD
Received 23 May 2022Land South of Burndell Road Yapton
Received 20 Feb 2018Woodgate Centre Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 8 Dec 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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