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8,350 approved · 1,055 refused · 494 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
211 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QG
Received 2 Mar 20261 Upper West Drive Ferring BN12 5RB
Received 10 Oct 201742 The Causeway Pagham PO21 4PG
Received 18 Feb 2019Hoe Farm Cottage Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NS
Received 16 Jul 201918 Ledra Drive Pagham PO21 4PF
Received 9 Oct 202044 Shaftesbury Road Rustington BN16 2HX
Received 21 Oct 202017 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DQ
Received 20 Aug 202077 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7LZ
Received 19 Mar 201812 Tudor Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DN
Received 17 Sept 201916 Windmill Drive Rustington BN16 3HJ
Received 3 Jul 20198 Dawtrey Close Rustington BN16 3SD
Received 20 Dec 201823 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN
Received 3 May 2019Bognor Regis Golf Club Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JD
Received 20 Dec 202118 Botany Close Rustington BN16 2BJ
Received 27 Feb 2019The Cottage Piggeries Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 4 Nov 2019Neals Farmhouse West Wing Lower Bognor Road Lagness PO20 1LW
Received 1 Sept 20214 South Road Felpham PO22 8EF
Received 7 Sept 2018Stitches And Frames The Square Angmering BN16 4EA
Received 13 Sept 2021Land West Of Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 14 Feb 2021Victory 12 Selwyn Close Aldwick PO21 5RT
Received 4 Sept 2025Land to the south of Ford Lane east of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 24 Jun 2021Land adjacent to 45 The Ridings East Preston BN16 2TW
Received 10 Jun 202010 Margaret Close Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 28 Sept 2025Littlehampton Southern Allotments land West of Holly Drive Littlehampton
Received 28 Sept 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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