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.
7,956 approved · 1,006 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ashley The Roundway Rustington BN16 2BW
Received 17 Jul 2026Westing House Barnham Lane Walberton BN18 0AZ
Received 6 May 202241 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TS
Received 27 Sept 2026108 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RZ
Received 13 May 2020Land North of Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EJ
Received 10 Dec 2025University Of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 19 Nov 201826 Burnham Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2JU
Received 5 May 202193 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 7 Nov 202132 Fernhurst Gardens Aldwick PO21 4AZ
Received 23 Aug 2019Medowsley Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QS
Received 5 Dec 2025Mayfield House Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BJ
Received 3 Dec 201918A Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5GJ
Received 22 Apr 2021Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 4 Jun 202614 Park Road Yapton BN18 0JE
Received 3 May 20229 Greenways Crescent Ferring BN12 5EF
Received 5 Sept 2019Land at Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 21 Mar 2018Land at Oldlands Farm Newlands Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 18 Feb 202530 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN
Received 21 Sept 202145 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 17 Mar 2022Rock House Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3RJ
Received 23 May 20227 Harrison Crescent Angmering BN16 4PD
Received 14 Jun 2018Land south of Ford Lane /east of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 15 Oct 2020Roundstone Farm Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PW
Received 17 Apr 2026132 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NN
Received 27 Apr 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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