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8,350 approved · 1,055 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Felpham Club 43 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8PT
Received 14 Mar 2018Flintstone Centre East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AW
Received 6 Feb 2026Directors Cottage Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 26 Apr 201846a & 47 & Land north of Clifton Road Littlehampton BN17 5LW
Received 4 Jan 2022Former Royal Bay Care Home 86 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PE
Received 26 Jun 2020Land to Rear of Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 3 Feb 202225 Hillsboro Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DX
Received 13 Sept 2021The Firs Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AE
Received 29 Oct 2020Norton Dairy Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 28 Aug 20196 Corner Garth Ferring BN12 5EL
Received 15 May 20267 St Malo Close Ferring BN12 5HF
Received 14 Mar 201829 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2HD
Received 18 Apr 2019Land adjacent 1- Holkham Cottages Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 1 Jun 201826 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NN
Received 8 Nov 201817 Peregrine Road Littlehampton BN17 6DT
Received 21 Dec 202088 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 25 Oct 20179 Ellasdale Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SG
Received 18 Feb 20193 The Waterside River Road Littlehampton BN17 5TA
Received 19 Sept 201817 Seaview Avenue East Preston BN16 1PP
Received 16 Jul 20189 East Avenue Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EG
Received 22 May 201944 Elbridge Avenue Bersted PO21 5AD
Received 7 Sept 202119 East Close Middleton on Sea PO22 7RS
Received 23 Jan 2018Ancton Barn Ancton Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6NJ
Received 22 Dec 20204 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JP
Received 28 Jan 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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