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.
8,350 approved · 1,055 refused · 493 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
8 Lavender Way Angmering BN16 4QD
Received 1 Apr 202122 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LA
Received 8 Jul 202183 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 15 Jul 20269 Horton Place Angmering BN16 4GL
Received 22 Mar 2021Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 24 Jan 202251 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 4 Aug 20201 Sunningdale Gardens Bersted PO22 9LE
Received 22 Mar 2021Central House 18 Waterloo Square Bognor Regis PO21 1SU
Received 5 Nov 2018The Farm 39 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 26 Apr 2021Midway Avisford Park Road Walberton BN18 0AP
Received 12 Apr 2022South Bersted Church Of England Primary School Church Lane Bognor Regis PO22 9PZ
Received 17 Mar 2022School House Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9QE
Received 3 Aug 2018Land south of Cornfield Close Littlehampton BN17 6LD
Received 11 Feb 2021Manor Nursery High Street Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 10 Jun 2020Land at Dappers Lane Angmering Littlehampton
Received 16 Feb 20217 Gladstone Road Yapton West Sussex BN18 OJP
Received 9 Apr 202630 Frobisher Way Rustington BN16 2BB
Received 11 Dec 20251 Sea Drive Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 12 Aug 202615 Bradlond Close Aldwick PO21 2RQ
Received 28 May 2022Newlands Nursery Pagham Road Chichester PO20 1LL
Received 15 Aug 20195 Selsey Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2QZ
Received 7 Dec 2018Land to the West of Church Lane and South of Horsemere Green Climping
Received 21 Apr 2026Land adjacent to 12 Plover Close Bognor Regis PO21 4LZ
Received 18 Oct 2019Locksley North Drive Angmering BN16 4JJ
Received 27 Oct 2021Records 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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