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.
8,327 approved · 1,052 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Thomas A Beckett Cottage 2 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 15 Oct 20185 Chalet Road Ferring West Sussex BN12 5NY
Received 1 Jul 202642 Dalloway Road Arundel BN18 9HW
Received 14 Oct 20202 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 17 Oct 2017Littlehampton Skate Park Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 5 Aug 201922 The Poplars Ferring BN12 5QL
Received 6 Nov 20202 Homing Gardens Bognor Regis PO22 9AJ
Received 15 Feb 2018Land between 8 and 12 10 Wychwood Close Aldwick PO21 4DW
Received 27 Jan 2020Land to east of Parsonage Farm Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BD
Received 11 May 20185 Selsey Avenue Aldwick PO21 2QZ
Received 15 May 2019Unit A1 Ford Lane Business Park Ford Lane Ford BN18 0UZ
Received 7 Jan 2019Spindlewood Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 26 Oct 2020Littlehampton Swimming & Sports Centre Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 13 Mar 2019Putting Green Hotham Park Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HN
Received 8 Dec 2017Cherwell 61 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 22 Jun 2021217 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 5 Nov 201938 & 39 Mariners Quay Littlehampton BN17 4DA
Received 13 Sept 201897 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RJ
Received 31 May 2022Coniston Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 25 Feb 20206 Longback Cottages Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JT
Received 9 Sept 202073 Nyewood Lane Bognor Regis PO21 2SD
Received 10 Jan 2022Land to the West of Church Lane South of Horsemere Green Lane Climping
Received 31 Aug 202115 & 17 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 6 Dec 2018Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PB
Received 24 Apr 2026Records 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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