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.
9,062 approved · 1,117 refused · 529 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DD
Received 20 Mar 202687 Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0EQ
Received 31 Jul 202018 Pennyfields Felpham PO22 6BN
Received 11 Sept 2021Barn Cottage Northfields Lane Westergate PO20 3UH
Received 21 Jan 2020105 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 15 Oct 201929 Frobisher Way Rustington BN16 2BB
Received 3 Nov 202050 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 6 Sept 2020The Barn Arundel Road Aldingbourne PO18 0JX
Received 1 Aug 201917 Churchill Avenue Aldwick PO21 5QQ
Received 9 Jan 201922 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LA
Received 13 Apr 2026Unit E Arun Retail Park Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9NF
Received 30 Jun 201742 Sea Way Middleton on Sea PO22 7SA
Received 6 May 202231 Hinde Road Felpham PO22 7QJ
Received 16 Nov 2020Bowley Farm Bowley Lane South Mundham Chichester PO21 1NB
Received 26 Aug 202024 Oval Waye Ferring BN12 5RA
Received 18 Jan 202116 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4ES
Received 2 May 20177 Little Drive Ferring BN12 5RF
Received 14 Aug 202047 Gravits Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5LU
Received 12 Aug 2026Gladwyn The Street East Preston BN16 1HT
Received 12 Dec 2018Ground Floor Flat, 15 Canada Grove Bognor Regis PO21 1DW
Received 10 Nov 202084 Oakcroft Gardens Littlehampton BN17 6LU
Received 19 Dec 20219 Orchard Way Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SH
Received 15 Aug 2017Shore House Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 22 Jan 202154 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 3 Aug 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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