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.
8,185 approved · 1,027 refused · 490 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 4 Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 6 Mar 2018Old Well Cottage High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 7 Jan 202118 Hawkins Close Rose Green PO21 3LW
Received 12 Jan 202228 Pinehurst Park Aldwick PO21 3DL
Received 3 Oct 2018Land West of Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 4 Aug 2021Tall Trees Church Road Yapton BN18 0EJ
Received 24 Jun 202084 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 9 Feb 201813 Chaucer Avenue Rustington BN16 2PD
Received 27 Nov 2018Russetts High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 8 May 20261 Town Hall Yard Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 1 Feb 20222 Ferring street Ferring BN12 5JW
Received 25 Nov 202517 Sea Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RX
Received 2 Mar 20214 Langmeads Close East Preston BN16 3FF
Received 11 Dec 2019Clymping Village Hall & Playing Field Crookthorn Lane Clymping BN17 5SN
Received 31 May 20193 Westground Cottages Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 10 Oct 201948 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LJ
Received 6 Mar 202068 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-on-sea PO22 6JP
Received 10 Jun 202616 Wychwood Close Aldwick PO21 4DW
Received 20 Aug 2026Brook Cottage Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 16 Dec 2019White Cottage 1 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3AT
Received 8 Nov 2019Oceans 13 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RJ
Received 10 Jan 2018Firefly Park Road Barnham PO22 0AQ
Received 29 May 20186 The Martlets Rustington BN16 2TY
Received 3 Sept 201942 Servite Close Bognor Regis PO21 2DE
Received 1 Oct 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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