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.
8,018 approved · 1,010 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 31 Oct 2019426 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5DR
Received 18 Aug 2019Place St Maur Des Fosses Belmont Street Bognor Regis
Received 18 Oct 20195 Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NS
Received 27 Jan 2026Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Bognor Regis
Received 30 Aug 20172 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 16 Mar 20181 Drift Road Ferring BN12 6RD
Received 21 Jul 20263 Selborne Way East Preston BN16 2TG
Received 28 Sept 2018Land East of Windy Ridge Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 14 Oct 2021Land East Of Toll Cottage Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 2 Aug 202116 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QF
Received 26 Apr 20227 Tyne Way Aldwick PO21 3RU
Received 11 Mar 2020The Steddles North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 28 Mar 202249 The Estuary Littlehampton BN17 6NE
Received 25 Jun 202033 Flansham Lane Felpham PO22 6AE
Received 15 Jan 2018Fidra Yapton Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DX
Received 3 Feb 2019The Coach House Norton Lane Norton PO20 3NH
Received 19 Apr 2018Elm Lodge Tamarisk Way Ferring BN12 5ER
Received 9 Oct 201844 Christchurch Crescent Aldwick PO21 5SJ
Received 5 Jan 20182 Whitelands Felpham PO22 8JF
Received 7 Mar 202133 Downview Avenue Ferring BN12 6QW
Received 11 Mar 20196 Nursery Close Barnham PO22 0JY
Received 7 May 202111 Waters Edge Aldwick PO21 4AW
Received 22 Feb 2022Mildmay Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 26 Apr 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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