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.
8,034 approved · 1,015 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PL
Received 23 Jul 2018Ashley House 120 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PB
Received 21 Nov 2019The Gables, Flat 4 Norfolk Square Bognor Regis PO21 2JD
Received 19 Oct 2020Land off Canal Mews Canal Mews Barnham PO22 0DP
Received 18 Jun 202196 Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0EW
Received 18 Jun 20194 The Pantiles Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NE
Received 30 Mar 2022Land at Brook Barn Farm Courtwick Lane Littlehampton
Received 24 Jan 2020The White Hart 32 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BH
Received 30 Mar 201918 The Winter Knoll Littlehampton BN17 6ND
Received 9 Apr 2021218 Manor Way Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4HS
Received 2 Oct 202019 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 23 Mar 2021Land at the Entrance to Waterford Gardens Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5PQ
Received 8 Mar 20224 West Close Felpham PO22 7LQ
Received 23 Jan 202044 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 9 Apr 2018South Point 1 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NL
Received 13 Mar 2018Days Days Lane Aldingbourne BN18 0TA
Received 13 Dec 202122 Tudor Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DN
Received 22 Dec 2020Land to North of flats in Bowling Green Close Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4HB
Received 27 Jun 2018Florabunda Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JN
Received 19 Sept 20182 Ormesby Crescent Felpham PO22 8EN
Received 6 Oct 20253 Outerwyke Avenue Felpham PO22 8JH
Received 23 Feb 20181 Toddington Farm Cottages Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PN
Received 29 May 202050-52 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XJ
Received 28 Aug 20258 Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 31 Jan 2022Records 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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