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.
8,537 approved · 1,078 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Church Farm Church Lane Climping BN17 5RB
Received 28 Feb 201813 Milton Close Rustington BN16 2PN
Received 29 Nov 201733 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2BX
Received 8 Mar 2021Land adjacent to 8 Mead Court Mead Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8BL
Received 10 Oct 201719 Grosvenor Gardens Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 3EY
Received 12 Feb 20212 Tudor Cottage Tudor Drive Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3YT
Received 5 Sept 2019Unit 1 Christie Place Bognor Regis PO22 9RT
Received 31 Oct 201722 Park Place Arundel BN18 9BE
Received 12 Jan 201880 Hook Lane Pagham PO21 3PE
Received 24 Aug 202143 Christchurch Crescent Aldwick PO21 5SL
Received 5 Sept 201726 West Drive Ferring BN12 5QZ
Received 5 Jun 2019Poachers Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 14 Jun 2021Acorns Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 19 Mar 202178 Kyoto Court Bognor Regis PO21 2UL
Received 24 Nov 2025131A Sea Road East Preston BN16 1PD
Received 11 Oct 201751 Canada Grove Bognor Regis PO21 1DW
Received 9 Oct 2020233 Manor Way Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4HT
Received 29 Jul 20267 Middleton Road Felpham PO22 6BL
Received 10 Aug 2017Land West of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 20 May 2026Spring Tide Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SF
Received 14 Nov 2018Wilbury House, Flat 9 45 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JG
Received 11 Apr 202119 North Street Littlehampton BN17 6JH
Received 15 Mar 20227 Middleton Road Felpham PO22 6BL
Received 21 Sept 202033 Windmill Drive Rustington BN16 3HL
Received 29 Jan 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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