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7,955 approved · 1,006 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Petrol Filling Station 97 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QB
Received 3 Dec 2018Longacre Maypole Lane Yapton BN18 0DR
Received 24 Jul 20171 Grange Close Ferring BN12 5LR
Received 19 Jul 201835 Willowhale Avenue Aldwick PO21 4BG
Received 8 Jun 20261 Aldwick Place Aldwick PO21 4AD
Received 22 May 2019Mariners House South Strand East Preston BN16 1NY
Received 18 Feb 2020Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 18 Jul 201934 Bassett Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JH
Received 23 Nov 202017 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 20 Apr 202134 The Green Pagham PO21 4SB
Received 11 Feb 201927 Myrtle Grove East Preston BN16 2SW
Received 23 Nov 2018Willows Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 30 Apr 201823 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3AT
Received 4 Jun 2021Castleview Castleview Storage, Old Mead Road Littlehampton BN17 7PU
Received 30 Nov 201821 Downview Road Yapton BN18 0HL
Received 30 Nov 2017Hobbs Court, Dovecote Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 5 Sept 2020Dappers Yard Barn Farm Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 11 Apr 202238A Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 29 Mar 2018Land to the south of Ford Lane and East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 21 Aug 202019 Ivy Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 8AB
Received 25 Jun 2020Arundel Roman Catholic Cemetery London Road Arundel
Received 22 Oct 2019Land at Bilsham Road
Received 29 Dec 202043 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QX
Received 18 Jan 202212 Tennyson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SB
Received 9 Sept 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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