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7,869 approved · 996 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Arden Grange 220 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 30 Sept 202035 Glamis Street Bognor Regis PO21 1DJ
Received 2 Jun 2021Flat 4, The Old Warehouse Arun Street Arundel BN18 9DL
Received 19 Jun 201911 Chaucer Way Felpham PO22 6QT
Received 26 Oct 2021Mitchells Cottage 24 The Street Rustington BN16 3NX
Received 24 Jun 202017 Glenville Road Rustington BN16 2DU
Received 9 Dec 201924 West Drive Elmer PO22 7TS
Received 29 Jan 201811 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 1 Dec 20214 Elizabeth Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EL
Received 30 Jan 202033 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3SP
Received 27 Sept 2021Lower Farm Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 16 Oct 2025Southfields Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 10 Mar 20182 Elmcroft Place Westergate PO20 3XL
Received 29 Nov 201919A High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 14 Apr 202611 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 18 Dec 2020Freshfields Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DA
Received 30 Aug 202687 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QT
Received 19 Jul 20184 Hatherleigh Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 5HZ
Received 8 Jan 201827 Briar Close Yapton BN18 0ES
Received 4 Oct 201957 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HH
Received 15 Jan 2021Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 8 Nov 20218 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LJ
Received 15 Oct 20254 Trundle View Close Barnham PO22 0JZ
Received 22 Nov 2021Site 6 Felpham (Blake's Mead Felpham
Received 20 Jan 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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