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.
8,365 approved · 1,059 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
37 Mansfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 9EZ
Received 5 Jan 2021Eastmere Stables Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 30 Mar 2026Tudor Lodge 125A Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NX
Received 12 Jul 2018181 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AF
Received 12 Sept 2019146 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PA
Received 17 Dec 2025Shanagarry 40A Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DL
Received 18 Feb 2020Culver Cottage 37 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2LN
Received 27 Feb 202047 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QX
Received 5 Nov 2021Land North of Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton BN17 6FE
Received 12 Mar 2026Pound Place Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 18 Jan 201973 Lloyd Goring Close Angmering BN16 4LQ
Received 3 Feb 202210 Acre Field Grevatts Lane West Yapton
Received 14 Mar 2022Garage Premises Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 21 Sept 201853 Ilex Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6PN
Received 15 Jul 202023 The Byway Middleton-on-sea PO22 6DR
Received 2 Feb 2022Rear of 7 Larchfield Close Aldwick PO21 4DW
Received 23 May 201982 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EX
Received 31 Mar 202126 Meadow Way Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3QT
Received 8 Jun 2021Land adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road PO20 3SU
Received 14 Jul 202611 Eagle Brewery Yard Brewery Hill Arundel BN18 9FJ
Received 23 Jul 201899 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 6 Nov 2018Land adjacent to 4 Gladstone Cottages Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EL
Received 6 Nov 20189 St Malo Court St Helier Road Ferring BN12 5EY
Received 20 Jun 201830 Griffin Crescent Littlehampton BN17 7LJ
Received 8 Feb 2018Records 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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