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.
8,013 approved · 1,009 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8PD
Received 20 Oct 2025Land at The Croft Surgery Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 10 Jan 2019Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 5 Feb 2021Global Technologies Racing Ltd Denmans Lane Fontwell BN18 0SU
Received 3 May 20182 Kestrel Way Littlehampton BN17 7RD
Received 12 Oct 201830 Lavinia Way East Preston BN16 1EF
Received 7 Jul 202635 May Close Horsemere Green Climping BN17 5TF
Received 11 Jun 201911 Telgarth Road Ferring BN12 5PX
Received 18 Jul 2018Hampton Park Littlehampton
Received 5 Dec 2025Windermere Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 12 Aug 202021 Merton Avenue Rustington BN16 2EQ
Received 20 Dec 2019Upper Maisonette 3rd & 4th Floor 5 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 11 Sept 2018Hardy Cottage 8 Bond Street Arundel BN18 9BL
Received 11 Dec 2017Holyrood Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2RS
Received 11 Jan 201924 West Drive Middleton on Sea PO22 7TS
Received 17 Jan 2019Land at Toddington Lane Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 24 Oct 202516 Manor Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6LA
Received 16 Nov 2020Land North of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 18 Jan 20175 Ferringham Way Ferring BN12 5NG
Received 11 Dec 20206 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 3 Mar 2026Marina Workshop Littlehamtpon Marina Ferry Road Littlehampton BN17 5DS
Received 31 Jan 2020Highground Barn Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BU
Received 18 Nov 2019114 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RJ
Received 17 Sept 2021Land at West End Nursery Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 2 Dec 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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