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.
7,869 approved · 996 refused · 484 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Wick Lane Felpham PO22 8QG
Received 5 Apr 201980-82 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5DX
Received 6 Oct 2025Zacleigh Kings Parade Bognor Regis
Received 19 Oct 20179 Redwood Court St Floras Road Littlehampton BN17 6BB
Received 28 Oct 2020Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 17 May 2018Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 19 Jun 20262 Woodgate Road Woodgate Aldingbourne PO20 3SX
Received 26 Oct 201816 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4LA
Received 18 Jan 201941-47 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis Bognor Regis PO21 5NY
Received 12 Aug 2020Seacroft Apartments 17 Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1NH
Received 18 Feb 2026The Park Surgery St Floras Road Littlehampton BN17 6BF
Received 27 Mar 2019Parkfield Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6SH
Received 5 Oct 202039 Pearson Road Arundel BN18 9HP
Received 30 Apr 201959 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HJ
Received 5 Apr 201832 Henry Avenue Rustington BN16 2PA
Received 10 Jun 2019Electricty Sub Station Land adjacent to 1 Ford Road Arundel BN18 9DX
Received 20 Feb 201917 Stewards Rise Arundel BN18 9ER
Received 4 May 2019Amherst House Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JR
Received 4 Feb 2021108 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5HB
Received 28 May 2021Land South of Barnham Station Barnham
Received 2 Dec 2025Land To North of Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 31 Mar 2020Land North of 1 Northfields Cottages Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RX
Received 20 Jul 2021Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 5 Feb 2021175 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HT
Received 16 Mar 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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