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.
8,290 approved · 1,045 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Mallondene 47 Mallon Dene Rustington BN16 2JP
Received 25 Mar 2022Cinders Nursery and Land R/O Cinders Lane Yapton BN18 0JJ
Received 15 Sept 202079 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EW
Received 6 Jul 2018Waterton House Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JR
Received 27 Jan 2021Bersted Park (Site 6) Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 23 Nov 2018Block B, Unit Q Arndale Road Littlehampton BN17 7GA
Received 4 Aug 202026 Farrow Drive Barnham PO22 0FN
Received 6 Feb 202658 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QU
Received 2 Oct 20208 Nineveh Shipyard Arundel BN18 9SU
Received 28 Oct 2025Land Adjacent 1 Orchard Way Fontwell Arundel BN18 0SH
Received 20 May 20211 Flat 1 Selborne Place Selborne Road Littlehampton BN17 5NH
Received 18 Dec 201715 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 14 Mar 201915 Burnham Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2LB
Received 9 Jan 201856 Chanctonbury Road Rustington BN16 2LS
Received 26 Jan 2018Avisford Medical Centre North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 19 Nov 202514 Mariners Quay Littlehampton BN17 5DA
Received 24 Jul 2021The Cottage Piggeries Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 27 Mar 201957 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LY
Received 5 Jun 201819 Craigweil Lane Aldwick PO21 4AN
Received 14 Nov 2025Land off New Barn Lane Bersted PO21 5ED
Received 5 Nov 201870 Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3EY
Received 6 Aug 201852 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5SY
Received 12 Jun 201916 Queen Street Littlehampton BN17 6EP
Received 26 Jul 20211 Church Farm Cottages Church Road Yapton BN18 0EP
Received 2 Oct 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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