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.
7,807 approved · 989 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Mill House Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 21 Jan 2019The Ridings Wedgewood Road Beach Estate Felpham PO22 7JF
Received 25 Oct 2018Land East of Eastmere House Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 25 Feb 2022Bottom Flat 9 Stocker Road Bognor Regis PO21 2QH
Received 26 Jan 2026Bath House 9 The Steyne Bognor Regis PO21 1TX
Received 6 Jul 2018The Pines 31 Aldwick Felds Aldwick PO21 3ST
Received 28 Apr 2019Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 1 Aug 20263 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JS
Received 2 Oct 20192 Shrubbs Drive Middleton-on-sea PO22 7SQ
Received 27 Oct 202583 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 29 Jul 2020Land East of North End Road Yapton
Received 4 Jun 20189 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NR
Received 6 Dec 2018The Co-op 152-156 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UR
Received 13 Jul 2018149 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 13 Jan 2020Norfolk Centre And Maison Dieu North Side Mill Road Arundel BN18 9PA
Received 25 Nov 2025Warren Recreation Ground Car Park 40 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JP
Received 2 Dec 202153 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HX
Received 19 Sept 2018Land adjacent to Church Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane Clymping BN17 5QZ
Received 22 Oct 2021Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 30 Sept 2019The Gables Hotel 28 Crescent Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QG
Received 1 Dec 202110 Lionel Avenue Felpham PO22 8LF
Received 29 Jan 202616 East Street Littlehampton
Received 27 May 2022Friends Meeting House 23 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5EL
Received 31 Jul 2019Lidl Foodstore Oldlands Farm Steyning Way Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 19 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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