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.
8,349 approved · 1,054 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 5 Jan 20224 Jersey Road Ferring BN12 5PZ
Received 1 May 202186 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 26 Nov 20199 Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 23 Oct 2019Riverbreeze Restaurant 56-57 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LP
Received 6 May 20221 Manor Close East Preston BN16 1JF
Received 28 Jun 2021Brickfield Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NW
Received 25 Mar 202616 Swanbourne Road Littlehampton BN17 6HS
Received 28 Sept 202674 The Martlets Rustington BN16 2UE
Received 22 Apr 202126 Burnham Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2JU
Received 13 Feb 20198 Apple Grove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 10 Oct 2017Bersted Manor 350 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5BX
Received 2 Apr 2020Oldlands Farm Cottages Steyning Way Bersted PO22 9NN
Received 18 Mar 201914 Elmcroft Place Westergate PO20 3XL
Received 2 Jan 201818 Eagles Chase Littlehampton BN177RF
Received 18 Jan 20216 Malin Road Littlehampton BN17 6NN
Received 4 Jun 2018Kingfisher Manor Pine Marten Close Pagham PO21 3WE
Received 18 Nov 20254 May Close Horsemere Green Climping BN17 5TF
Received 20 Mar 201817 Bala Crescent Felpham PO22 8LY
Received 1 Mar 2021Norton Studio School Lane Arundel BN18 9DR
Received 16 Jan 201825 St Richards Drive Aldwick PO21 3BJ
Received 14 Dec 20175 Goodacres, West Gables Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SF
Received 10 Oct 2019Villa Maria Campbell Road Bognor Regis PO21 1NW
Received 18 Jul 2017North Barn Climping Street Climping BN17 5RG
Received 7 Apr 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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