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.
7,955 approved · 1,006 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outerwyke Farmhouse 55 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8PU
Received 20 Oct 2025Crossbush Services, Mcdonalds Restaurant Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QQ
Received 11 Nov 2025Land West of Holly Drive Littlehampton
Received 3 Sept 2025Garden View Flat 3 Strange Garden House Strange Garden Aldwick PO21 4AL
Received 25 Jan 2022Place St Maur Des Fosses Belmont Street Bognor Regis
Received 7 Aug 201853 Singleton Crescent Ferring BN12 5DG
Received 9 Nov 201811 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JS
Received 4 May 2018149 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 12 Jun 2019Unit 1 Bullocks Yard Ford Lane Ford BN18 0EF
Received 1 May 2019Land east of Drove Lane, Yapton BN18 0EB
Received 3 Feb 202023 First Avenue Felpham PO22 7LG
Received 23 Mar 20215 Somerton Green Felpham PO22 8EZ
Received 1 Sept 20203 Juniper Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6SD
Received 15 Dec 20211 Fontwell Close Walberton BN18 0SW
Received 29 Nov 2020Land South Of Wandleys Lane Eastergate PO20 3SE
Received 18 May 2026107 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QB
Received 19 Apr 201819 Leecroft Bognor Regis PO21 SSY
Received 24 Feb 202167 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 5 Oct 2020Holly Tree Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 20 Nov 20186 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NL
Received 17 Mar 20221 Hudson Drive Rustington BN16 2AX
Received 24 Nov 20259 Horton Place Angmering BN16 4GL
Received 11 May 2021Land to the East of Heath Place Business Centre Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Received 9 Oct 2025Ferring Country Centre And Riding Stables Rife Way Ferring BN12 5JZ
Received 8 Oct 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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