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.
7,993 approved · 1,008 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Merry End Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DP
Received 26 Apr 201839 Conway Drive Pagham PO21 4XD
Received 30 Apr 201835 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2AR
Received 4 Sept 2019Land South of Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 6 Mar 201843 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JP
Received 7 Apr 202031 Barnett Close Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3UW
Received 13 May 202152 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HH
Received 31 Aug 2018Vine Cottage 1 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5EL
Received 11 May 2020Littlehampton Covered Market 26-28 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BG
Received 21 Nov 2017Scorton 9 Lime Tree Close East Preston BN16 1JA
Received 30 May 2019Land adjacent to Wayside Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 18 May 2022Timberly The Ridgeway Felpham PO22 7JX
Received 28 Nov 2018229 Manor Way Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4HT
Received 29 Aug 201817 Chalet Road Ferring West Sussex BN12 5PB
Received 25 Sept 20187 Webb Close Pagham PO21 4XB
Received 9 Jan 2019Land Off New Barn Lane Bersted PO21 5ED
Received 1 Nov 201836 Warren Crescent East Preston BN16 1BJ
Received 24 Oct 2018Open space at junction of Arun Parade & South Terrace
Received 12 May 2021Chalcroft Nurseries Chalcraft Lane Bersted PO21 5TS
Received 6 Jul 202675 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BQ
Received 28 Nov 20199 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 27 Sept 2021Land East of Roundstone Lane Angmering
Received 22 Dec 2021Karenza Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TB
Received 28 May 2026Scyld Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 4 Mar 2021Records 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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