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7,955 approved · 1,006 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 3 Mar 2021Parcel Of Land 254 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 23 Jul 20262 Downview Road Barnham PO22 0EE
Received 9 Mar 2021Land south of Cornfield Close Littlehampton BN17 6LD
Received 1 Sept 2021Brus Lodge 28 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 23 Jul 20183 Nuffield Close Aldwick PO21 5RA
Received 12 May 20214 Broadmark Parade Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2NE
Received 21 Dec 2019Malmayne Court Aldwick Felds Aldwick PO21 3SW
Received 10 Mar 2022Land North of Water Lane Angmering
Received 29 Jul 202636 Hawke Close Rustington BN16 2AT
Received 9 Jan 202163 Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2SD
Received 14 Nov 2019Mead Lane Car Park University of Chichester Bognor Regis
Received 1 Apr 2019Land to the West of New Courtwick Lane Wick BN17 7RZ
Received 17 Apr 2025Land at Courtwick Littlehampton
Received 27 Nov 20187 Larchfield Close Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4RB
Received 23 Jan 2019Broadlees Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 17 Sept 20196-8 6 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BP
Received 8 Jul 2019Butlins Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JJ
Received 4 Sept 202016 Spinnaker View Pagham PO21 3FL
Received 25 Feb 2022St Marys Court 32 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EU
Received 3 Dec 2019Kuldana Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RS
Received 30 Jun 20202 Ruston Avenue Rustington BN16 2AP
Received 23 Feb 2022Park Farm Park Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TL
Received 30 May 201925 The Layne Bognor Regis PO22 6JL
Received 22 May 2019Records 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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