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.
8,122 approved · 1,024 refused · 487 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Homing Gardens Bersted PO22 9AJ
Received 23 Jun 202148 The Meadows Walberton BN18 0PB
Received 22 Feb 2022Felpham Communtiy Hall Blakes Mead Felpham
Received 8 Apr 2019Unit Q, Block B Arndale Road Littlehampton BN17 7GA
Received 14 Oct 2020Peckhams Poling Street Poling BN18 9PT
Received 24 Mar 202156 Chanctonbury Road Rustington BN16 2LS
Received 17 Aug 2018Tesco Express 126 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QW
Received 21 Oct 2018Land at Nyton Road & Northfields Lane Land Off Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3UQ
Received 9 Mar 201830 Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QE
Received 31 Mar 2021Street Buildings North End Road Yapton
Received 28 Sept 2020Land between 8 & 10 Barnett Close Eastergate PO20 3UW
Received 16 Jan 20181 Grange Park Ferring West Sussex BN12 5LS
Received 20 Aug 2018Oldlands Farm Cottages Steyning Way Bersted PO22 9NN
Received 19 Mar 20192A Blakes Road Felpham PO22 7EB
Received 13 Oct 2021Slaters Cottage 3 The Street East Preston BN16 1JJ
Received 11 May 2018Church Farm Holiday Village Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NR
Received 13 May 2022Land North of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 17 Jan 20195 The Plantation East Preston BN16 1LD
Received 10 Aug 2018Land at Climping Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QY
Received 2 Jun 20261 Stewards Rise Arundel BN18 9ER
Received 21 Jul 2021Land at Ford Airfield Ford Ford
Received 26 Mar 202655-57 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 13 Jul 2020Phase 2B Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 1 Nov 2021Old School House 114 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PP
Received 17 Feb 2020Records 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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