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.
8,100 approved · 1,024 refused · 487 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pebble Bay 54 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DN
Received 26 Feb 2019Land West of Church Lane and South of Horsemere Green Lane Climping
Received 15 Apr 2026Land to rear of 41-47 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NY
Received 12 Nov 2020Land at West End Nursery Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 5 Jul 2021Hobbs Farm House Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 3 Sept 20182 Elspring Mead Littlehampton BN17 7JE
Received 20 Mar 20214 Selhurst Close East Preston BN16 2SR
Received 7 Dec 2021212 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AX
Received 16 Jul 20202 Amberley Road Rustington BN16 2EE
Received 22 May 201923 Battin Lane Littlehampton BN17 7AZ
Received 20 Dec 2018Land adj to Scyld Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 24 Feb 202211 Bedford Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5AW
Received 18 Jan 2021Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 23 May 2018258 Goring Way Ferring BN12 5BZ
Received 12 Jul 20212 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 25 Apr 201810 Swanbourne Road Littlehampton BN17 6HS
Received 2 Sept 202136 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3BY
Received 9 Dec 2018The Angmering School Station Road Angmering BN16 4HH
Received 3 Jul 2020Russet Cottage Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 20 Jan 202225 Havelock Road Bognor Regis PO21 2EZ
Received 30 Aug 202072 Ancton Way Bognor Regis
Received 30 Jan 2018Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 6 Apr 20188 Merton Close Aldwick PO21 5SQ
Received 26 Mar 2018Land East of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 20 Jun 2017Records 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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