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8,443 approved · 1,065 refused · 499 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land at Former Eastergate Fruit Farm Barnham Road Eastergate
Received 16 Aug 201990 Rose Green Road ALDWICK PO21 3EQ
Received 3 Nov 201732 & 34A Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DY
Received 7 Nov 20171 West Drive Angmering BN16 4JE
Received 2 Oct 201767 Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1DE
Received 24 Feb 20223 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 16 Oct 2019Panorama Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QP
Received 11 May 2022Tudor Lodge 125A Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NX
Received 18 Dec 201858 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 21 Apr 2026Aldingbourne Community Sports Centre Olivers Meadow Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3YA
Received 21 Oct 202590-91 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5LJ
Received 22 Dec 20214 Beechlands Close and east of 18 Beechlands Court Montpelier Road East Preston BN16 1JZ
Received 8 Jun 202151a Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2NJ
Received 9 Feb 202631A Aldwick Gardens Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 3QT
Received 9 Sept 2021Land North of Littlehampton Academy Fitzalan Road Littlehampton
Received 13 Jul 20264 Laburnum Close Ferring BN12 5EJ
Received 19 Dec 202112 Stratton Court Bognor Regis PO22 8DP
Received 20 Aug 201939 Sherwood Road Bersted PO21 9DR
Received 19 Sept 2025Ridgeways Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 28 Feb 202258 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QX
Received 18 Aug 2018Ravenna Richmond Avenue West Bognor Regis PO21 2YG
Received 3 Aug 202016 Sea Way Middleton-on-sea PO22 7SA
Received 30 Jul 2026Land North of Water Lane Angmering
Received 25 Jun 2021Fourways Cottage 1 Wyke Lane North Felpham PO22 8LD
Received 10 May 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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