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.
8,494 approved · 1,070 refused · 505 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear of 9 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HG
Received 18 Jul 2017Oldlands Farm Steyning Way Bersted PO22 9NW
Received 11 Apr 201816 Pine Trees Close Angmering BN16 4LT
Received 6 Apr 2021Longacre Maypole Lane Yapton BN18 0DR
Received 18 Mar 2026Land off Stanhorn Grove Felpham PO22 8FA
Received 24 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Abbots Lodge 85 The Street Rustington BN16 3NL
Received 25 May 20172-6 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HT
Received 6 Dec 201711 Willowhayne Crescent East Preston BN16 1PJ
Received 30 Mar 2022Cordell House Rest Home 120 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2EJ
Received 10 Feb 20225 Critchmere Road Eastergate PO20 3XA
Received 12 Feb 20191 Ingram Close Rustington BN16 3NZ
Received 16 Aug 202165 Upper Bognor Road (Charlotte House 71 & 71A Upper Bognor Road, 67 & 69 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 19 Dec 201914 Southdean Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7SX
Received 31 Jul 202022 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3BY
Received 16 Nov 2021283-285 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AH
Received 13 Apr 2021Land to the rear of Bairds Farm Shop Crookthorne Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 24 May 2018Lock medic 12 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QE
Received 13 Oct 2020Liseve Lodge 84 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 7 Dec 2020Land to the West of Church Lane and South of Horsemere Green Lane Climping
Received 4 Nov 2025Land South Of Cornfield Close Littlehampton BN17 6LD
Received 26 Nov 2019Broadlees Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 27 Sept 2021Land East of 22 Speedwell Chase Speedwell Chase Angmering
Received 10 Dec 2025Pound House Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 2 Nov 202510 Faresmead Bognor Regis PO21 3DQ
Received 14 Dec 2018Records 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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