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.
9,061 approved · 1,117 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Old Printworks 7 Arundel Road Littlehampton BN17 7BY
Received 11 Mar 20222 and 3 Hurst Road East Preston BN16 3AP
Received 24 Mar 202094 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 24 Feb 2018Three Oaks Pearson Road Arundel BN18 9HR
Received 17 Nov 2025Bradbury Hotel Station Road East Preston BN16 3FF
Received 9 Jun 20176 Foundry Road Yapton BN18 0HF
Received 26 Jun 2017Various sites along Littlehampton Promenade Littlehampton BN17 5LF
Received 21 Mar 2019Former Poultry Farm Land Yapton Road Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6DY
Received 25 Mar 2026Land adjacent to 46 Sea Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RX
Received 13 Dec 20184 Dial Close Barnham PO22 0JU
Received 26 Jan 202161 Sea Lane Gardens Ferring BN12 5EG
Received 23 Feb 2022Unit B, Rudford Industrial Estate Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 9 Apr 2018Minstrels Barn Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BX
Received 4 Nov 202518A Devonshire Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SY
Received 1 Jun 2021127 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HN
Received 9 May 20198 Telgarth Road Ferring BN12 5PX
Received 12 Oct 2020The Maples 45 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2TQ
Received 19 Apr 2022131 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HL
Received 13 Oct 202544 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HH
Received 28 Jun 2021Land East of Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Received 16 Dec 20252 Michel Grove East Preston BN16 2SU
Received 10 Nov 202534 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DB
Received 19 Jun 20193 Lavender Court Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LX
Received 6 Oct 2026The Old Dairy Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5EL
Received 24 Apr 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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