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.
7,945 approved · 1,004 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nyton House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 28 Feb 20227 Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QE
Received 6 Nov 20186 Wren Crescent Bersted PO22 9BZ
Received 30 Mar 202058 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SP
Received 29 Jul 2026Felix Dancewear 39 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JA
Received 25 Mar 20217 Barons Mead Pagham PO21 4SF
Received 5 Sept 20202 Manser Villas Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QY
Received 15 May 20199 The Cresent Pagham PO21 4RU
Received 29 Jan 20203 The Orchard Aldwick PO21 4HX
Received 14 Feb 20182A Blakes Road Felpham PO22 7EB
Received 26 Apr 2018Cranbourne House 7 The Oaks Rustington BN16 2UP
Received 19 Jul 201811 Fittleworth Drive Felpham PO22 6QE
Received 11 Dec 201985 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5LJ
Received 8 Nov 2017Arun House Wandleys Lane Fontwell Eastergate PO20 3SE
Received 28 Jan 202143 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 21 Jan 2026Clymping Mill Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 4 Nov 2019Barnham Court Lodge Church Lane Barnham West Sussex PO22 0BP
Received 28 Jul 202110 Aldwick Place Aldwick PO21 4AD
Received 31 May 2022Old Hundred Sack Lane Lidsey PO22 9PE
Received 16 Jul 201815 The Crossways Littlehampton BN17 7NJ
Received 19 Oct 201860 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1FB
Received 5 Feb 2019Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 8 Nov 2021The Twelfth Of Never Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 9 Jan 2021The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 7 Aug 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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