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.
9,060 approved · 1,117 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Ripon Gardens Aldwick PO21 3RF
Received 7 Jun 20175 Sea Drive Pebble Patch Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 9 Jan 202027 The Drive Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4DU
Received 18 Dec 202086 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HE
Received 23 Sept 201830 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3BY
Received 14 Dec 201824 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 29 Aug 201714 Sarisbury Close Felpham PO22 8JN
Received 20 Aug 20217 Castlereagh Green Felpham PO22 8HU
Received 17 Jul 201967 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LY
Received 9 Mar 201810 Felpham Gardens (Unit 2) Felpham PO22 8QS
Received 12 Jun 2026Homelands Care Home 21-23 Richmond Avenue Bognor Regis
Received 27 Aug 2019Flint Barn Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RN
Received 10 Feb 202094 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HE
Received 20 Feb 2026The Steddles North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 7 Dec 202029 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RQ
Received 22 Feb 20225 Reef Close Littlehampton BN17 6QG
Received 24 Aug 2021St Johns Priory Poling Street Poling BN18 9PS
Received 20 Apr 202611 Hillview Crescent East Preston
Received 25 Sept 202551 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NR
Received 28 Nov 201727 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 6 Dec 2017Tennis court, Avisford Park Hotel Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0LS
Received 5 Jan 2026Land at rear of 1 Grange Court Aldwick Grange Bognor Regis PO21
Received 27 Nov 20198 Woodbridge Park East Preston BN16 1NL
Received 19 May 2022134 Elmer Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6HZ
Received 3 Aug 2018Records 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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