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.
7,875 approved · 997 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Weavers Cottage Weavers Hill Angmering BN16 4BP
Received 28 Feb 202070 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DS
Received 8 Jan 2022Beach Court Harsfold Road/Cove Road Rustington BN16 2RQ
Received 12 Jun 201924 The Grove Felpham PO22 7EX
Received 9 Feb 2018Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Bognor Regis
Received 9 Mar 20183 Trinity Way Littlehampton BN17 5SR
Received 18 Jun 20213 Empress Gardens Barnham PO22 0FS
Received 29 Jun 202629 Westmorland Drive Felpham PO22 8NA
Received 8 Nov 201813 Homefield Crescent Walberton BN18 0PX
Received 17 May 20216 Ashmore Avenue Angmering BN16 4GG
Received 24 Apr 20192 Vicarage Lane East Preston BN16 2SP
Received 14 Dec 2021The Old Flint House Church Lane Ferring BN12 5HR
Received 1 Jul 2019Dunroamin 16 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 10 Mar 202025 Kew Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 5RD
Received 10 Feb 2021Land north of Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EJ
Received 13 Jan 202667 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5HE
Received 22 Oct 2018Brindles Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RN
Received 13 Nov 2021Links Cottage Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 17 Nov 20217 Worthing Road Rustington BN16 3JU
Received 1 Feb 2021Herricks School Lane Arundel BN18 9DR
Received 19 Dec 2018Littlehampton Town Football Club The Sportsfield St Flora's Road Littlehampton BN17 6BD
Received 3 Feb 2020Land South Of The Littlehampton Academy Fitzalan Road Littlehampton BN17 6ED
Received 1 Apr 2021land adjacent to 49 Warren Way Barnham PO22 0JX
Received 13 Feb 2020119 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QB
Received 26 Feb 2018Records 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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