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.
8,441 approved · 1,065 refused · 499 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land To North Of Yapton C Of E Primary School North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 1 Jun 202169 Church Cottages Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 15 Sept 20213 Ferring Marine Ferring BN12 5PP
Received 29 Sept 20178 Solent Close Littlehampton BN17 6SQ
Received 26 Mar 2019Flat 29 Elm Dale Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 0EA
Received 23 Jun 201729 Victoria Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JE
Received 28 Nov 2025The Old Apple Store The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 13 May 2021Land Rear of the Lillies Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 15 May 201986 Annandale Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2EX
Received 9 Aug 2019Ground Floor Flat 2A Parkside Avenue Littlehampton BN17 6BG
Received 10 Mar 20216 The Green Pagham PO21 4RZ
Received 11 Feb 202121 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7AW
Received 2 Sept 2021209 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QD
Received 14 Nov 201998-100 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AA
Received 11 Nov 20194 Barnfield Cottages Arundel Road Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SE
Received 11 Dec 2020Land To South and West Of Barnside and East of Pond Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 23 Jul 2020The Vinery Arundel Road Angmering BN18 9PY
Received 17 Jul 202012 Blakehurst Way Littlehampton BN17 6HA
Received 26 Apr 201857 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5EJ
Received 11 Nov 2025Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 8 Nov 2021Unit 4 Lees Yard Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 28 Oct 2019Rear of Blackberry House Berry Lane North Bersted PO22 9AF
Received 7 Feb 2020111 Stroud Green Drive Bersted PO21 5SZ
Received 10 May 202124 Lion Road Pagham PO21 3LA
Received 25 Feb 2019Records 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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