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.
8,438 approved · 1,065 refused · 495 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mellotron 8 Dukes Road Fontwell BN18 0SP
Received 30 Nov 2021St Anthony Town Cross Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2DR
Received 6 Apr 2021Hobbs Court, Dovecote Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 5 Sept 2020Sports Pavilion Decoy Drive Angmering BN16 4DN
Received 27 Jul 2026Land to South and West (Rear) of Birchwood House Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 26 Jan 2022Land South of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 22 Jul 2020Land North of Water Lane Angmering
Received 17 Oct 2025Walberton Park Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 25 Jan 2019Crossbush Farm Shop Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QN
Received 7 Dec 2017First Floor Flat 60 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 15 Feb 20212 Frith Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LL
Received 1 Jul 2021West End Cottage Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 1 Mar 20207 Foxes Croft Barnham PO22 0JT
Received 16 Sept 201932 Brendon Way Rustington BN16 3PN
Received 20 Sept 20212 Seabrook Close Aldwick PO21 3UT
Received 14 Jul 202623 Colindale Road North Ferring BN12 5LB
Received 23 May 202217 Meadow Way Ferring BN12 5LD
Received 28 Sept 2026Wellow Barn Old Barn House Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 4 Sept 2017131 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2NY
Received 29 Oct 2018106 The Street Rustington BN16 3NJ
Received 22 Apr 20209 Westloats Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5JZ
Received 17 Aug 2020St Johns Priory Poling Street Poling BN18 9PS
Received 29 Aug 202631 Albert Road Rustington BN16 3JT
Received 14 Aug 2020The Old Flint House Church Lane Ferring BN12 5HR
Received 3 Jun 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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