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.
8,092 approved · 1,021 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mews House London Road Arundel BN18 9BH
Received 10 Aug 2019Yew Tree Cottage 11 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5HL
Received 21 Jan 2019Apple Tree Cottage Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 7 Apr 202130 Ellis Close Arundel BN18 9LG
Received 25 Aug 202116 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LS
Received 8 Feb 201815 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 20 Sept 201815 Old Point Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RY
Received 4 Sept 202022 Dorset Close Littlehampton West Sussex BN17 6ED
Received 27 Jul 2018Richmond Arms 224 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AU
Received 27 May 20217 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 12 Feb 2019Kingley Gate Littlehmpton
Received 15 Nov 202112-14 The Steyne Bognor Regis PO21 1TP
Received 1 Sept 202199 Flansham Park Felpham PO22 6RB
Received 24 Feb 20208 Flansham Park Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 6QD
Received 11 Mar 20208 Laburnum Close Ferring BN12 5EJ
Received 9 Jan 202621 St Richards Road Westergate PO20 3RD
Received 8 Apr 2021Land at Littlehampton Marina Ferry Road Littlehampton BN17 5DS
Received 8 Dec 202029 Park Drive Rustington BN16 3DZ
Received 11 Dec 20173 The Hard Elmer PO22 6JS
Received 6 Mar 2019Beech Glade 4 Blue Cedars Close Angmering BN16 4DW
Received 4 Sept 201815-17 Kew Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 5RD
Received 21 Feb 20192 Croft Cottages Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LS
Received 18 Oct 202121 Copse View East Preston BN16 1AY
Received 22 Mar 20188 St Richards Drive Aldwick PO21 3BH
Received 30 Mar 2026Records 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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