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8,350 approved · 1,055 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Beagle Drive Ford BN18 0NY
Received 13 Sept 20213 George IV Walk Felpham PO22 8HJ
Received 9 May 20184 Ceres Place Felpham PO22 7RG
Received 20 Nov 20254 St Richards Drive Aldwick PO21 3BH
Received 28 Jul 2021Brookland Villa Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9LN
Received 26 Mar 2020Clays Farm North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 16 Feb 2021Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering
Received 27 Apr 2017The Firs Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AT
Received 10 Sept 2025Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 4 Mar 20212 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 7 Feb 2019Walberton Nursery Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 26 Jul 20192 Priory Close Aldwick PO21 4HH
Received 4 Sept 2020Downs House Avisford Park Road Walberton BN18 0AP
Received 23 Dec 2020Moonrakers Dark Lane Bognor Regis PO21 4AJ
Received 24 Jan 2019Avenals Farm Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EP
Received 9 Jul 201814 Old Farm Close Aldwick
Received 24 Sept 2020Land Rear of Lillies Yapton Road Barnham Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 11 Nov 2021Clymping Mill Clymping Street Clymping BN17 5RN
Received 12 Jun 2018155 Middleton Road MIDDLETON-ON-SEA PO22 6DF
Received 16 Nov 20172 Elmer Court Elmer Middleton- on- Sea PO22 6JT
Received 4 Jul 2018North Barn Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 25 Feb 20219 Central Drive Middleton-on-sea PO22 7TT
Received 5 Dec 202556 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 10 Sept 2021Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 1 Sept 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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