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.
8,443 approved · 1,065 refused · 499 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PW
Received 10 Jun 2019Chapel Cottage Station Road Angmering BN16 4HW
Received 1 Jul 2021Norton Farm House Norton Lane Norton PO20 3NH
Received 22 Mar 2021Land West Of Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0LS
Received 24 May 2021Robinel 2 Fernhurst Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 4AZ
Received 30 Aug 2019Dyers Croft Main Road Yapton BN18 0EA
Received 8 Dec 2017Kents Farm House Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 17 Nov 20202 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2NN
Received 27 Dec 201826 Burnham Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2JU
Received 17 Aug 202010 Lambert Way Angmering BN16 4PE
Received 26 Mar 20213 Gordon Avenue West Bognor Regis PO22 9LQ
Received 27 May 20204 Leecroft Aldwick PO21 3SY
Received 20 Mar 202197 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RJ
Received 24 Oct 2019Beech Cottage 99A North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AF
Received 5 Oct 202012 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 29 Oct 2021Land At Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 9 Nov 201726 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DA
Received 2 Mar 202034 The Crescent Rustington BN16 2PF
Received 10 Feb 2021Blue Cedars 1 Blue Cedars Close Angmering BN16 4DW
Received 12 Aug 20194 Ludlow Close Aldwick PO21 4PJ
Received 2 Nov 201744B Summerley Lane Felpham PO22 7HX
Received 28 Feb 20206 Trinity Way Aldwick PO21 5RQ
Received 21 Apr 20216 Ashmore Avenue Angmering BN16 4GG
Received 22 Jan 2019Phase 5 Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PL
Received 27 Aug 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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