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.
8,444 approved · 1,065 refused · 504 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Poynings Middleway Kingston BN16 1SB
Received 14 Feb 201852 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 13 Jan 20222 Meadow Way Littlehampton BN17 6BW
Received 11 May 2021Land at Oldlands Farm Newlands Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 15 Dec 2025Normandie Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 7 Jan 202031 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 1 Sept 202037 The Ridings East Preston BN16 2TW
Received 5 Oct 201854 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7SA
Received 23 Feb 202017 Elmer Road Middleton-on-sea PO22 6DZ
Received 26 Feb 20262 The Poplars Ferring BN12 5QL
Received 23 Jul 202146 Jervis Avenue Rustington BN16 2AS
Received 3 Nov 2025Land At Wings Nursery Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 3 Mar 2022Land South of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 7 Apr 2020Mistletoe Farm Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 22 Mar 20225 Murrell Gardens Barnham PO22 0DF
Received 23 Feb 20189 Alleyne Way Elmer Middleton-on-sea PO22 6JZ
Received 3 Oct 202541 Sea Way Middleton on Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 3 Oct 20179 Oak Grove Bognor Regis PO22 9JL
Received 15 Jul 2019Croft Works 52 Mill Lane Rustington BN16 3JN
Received 9 Oct 2020Sundance Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BQ
Received 23 Sept 202515 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HZ
Received 6 May 202055 & 57 West Street Bognor Regis PO21 1XB
Received 27 May 202144 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2BE
Received 30 Aug 201917 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 11 Feb 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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