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8,350 approved · 1,055 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 York Road Bognor Regis PO21 1LW
Received 17 Dec 20209 Ferndown Gardens Felpham PO22 8JL
Received 22 Apr 20203 Alfa Court Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5EB
Received 20 Nov 201814 West Head Littlehampton BN17 6QP
Received 22 Oct 202129 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 27 Aug 202137 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DQ
Received 13 Feb 2018Worthing Road Allotments Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6JQ
Received 20 Nov 2018Oak Bank Wandleys Lane Walberton BN18 0QR
Received 16 May 202253 Park Drive Rustington BN16 3DY
Received 17 Oct 2018Trotyn Croft Aldwick Felds Aldwick PO21 3TX
Received 22 Aug 202017 Marquis Way Aldwick Bognor Regis PO214AT
Received 24 Sept 202111 Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1AT
Received 29 Nov 2017Orchard Cottage Ham Manor Close Angmering BN16 4JD
Received 12 Jul 20219-11 Abbeyfield Richmond Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2YE
Received 16 May 20192 Oakland Court Fitzalan Road Littlehampton BN17 5JD
Received 28 May 2019Land East of North End Road and West of Church Lane Nursery Yapton BN18 0GA
Received 3 Nov 202065 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 31 Jul 2018Lake Barn Maypole Lane Yapton BN18 0DR
Received 8 Apr 2019Rosemead Park Littlehampton
Received 23 Sept 2021The Pagham Club 2 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SY
Received 30 Jan 202017 Peregrine Road Littlehampton BN17 6DT
Received 23 Aug 20211 Staffords Close Rustington BN16 3PH
Received 13 Feb 2020280 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5AX
Received 3 Aug 2021Land West of Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PB
Received 1 Sept 2025Records 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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