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.
9,004 approved · 1,115 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Royal Hotel The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 1SZ
Received 21 Jan 2020Seacroft Apartments 17 Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1NH
Received 13 Jan 202098 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HE
Received 31 Jan 2018Pipistrelle 124 Manor Way Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4HN
Received 14 Aug 20183 Brookside Close Ferring BN12 6QD
Received 25 Jan 202215 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6PU
Received 22 Jul 202031 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 9 Dec 2019Stoneybrook Farm Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 24 Aug 2026Phase 5 Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 8 Jul 202153b Charles Square Cinders Lane Yapton BN18 0XJ
Received 17 May 20222 Elmer Court Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JT
Received 23 Sept 2021Cinders Nusery & land r/o Cinders Lane Yapton BN18 0JJ
Received 17 Feb 202222 Grosvenor Gardens Aldwick PO21 3EY
Received 8 Mar 20217 St Richards Way Aldwick PO21 3BD
Received 21 Apr 202222 Maple Gardens Bersted PO22 9LB
Received 19 Oct 202134 & 36 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JR
Received 3 Sept 201943 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 18 Feb 202123 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5PW
Received 28 Jan 2022Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 13 Dec 201727 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 30 Jun 2021Land adjacent to 21 Greencourt Drive Bersted PO21 5EU
Received 31 Mar 2025Shanagarry 40A Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DL
Received 6 Mar 2022Little Welbourne Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NX
Received 12 Mar 20262 Hayleys Gardens Felpham PO22 7ES
Received 8 Sept 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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