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7,869 approved · 996 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Falcon Gardens Littlehampton BN17 7RA
Received 11 May 2022Mildmay Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 1 Nov 201710 William Olders Road Angmering BN16 4FD
Received 6 Dec 20186 Highcroft Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 8DH
Received 20 May 2020Land East of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 24 Sept 20191 Seaton Road Littlehampton BN17 7LG
Received 11 Feb 20184 St Richards Drive Aldwick PO21 3BH
Received 2 Feb 20215 Kingsway Bognor Regis PO21 4DQ
Received 1 Mar 2021Field Northeast of Mill Lane Roundabout and North of the A259 New Road
Received 12 Aug 202629 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HR
Received 12 Mar 2026The Old Manor House 1 Summerley Lane Felpham PO22 7HN
Received 29 Oct 202530 West View Drive Yapton BN18 0JR
Received 24 Dec 201920 Guernsey Farm Lane Felpham PO22 6BU
Received 2 Feb 202615 Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 10 Oct 20212 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 15 Mar 2018Land To East Of Fontwell Racecourse Fontwell Avenue Eastergate BN18 0SW
Received 4 Apr 20222 Manor Park Pagham Bognor Regis PO21 3JS
Received 10 Aug 2026219 Manor Way Aldwick Bay Estate PO21 4HS
Received 10 Oct 201918 Gunwin Court Aldwick PO21 4BW
Received 19 Dec 201822 Regis Avenue Aldwick PO21 4HQ
Received 5 Nov 202055 Christchurch Crescent Aldwick PO21 5SJ
Received 26 Jan 202136 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 11 Mar 2022Ocean View 87 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DR
Received 5 Aug 2020Orchard End Denmans Lane Fontwell PO20 3SD
Received 28 Oct 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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