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.
8,552 approved · 1,080 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hazel Dean Charnwood Road Bersted PO22 9DU
Received 7 Dec 2020Chalcraft Lane/Lower Bognor Road Pagham Bognor Regis PO21 5QB
Received 11 Feb 2021University Of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 19 Nov 2018203 Manor Way Aldwick Bay Estate Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4HW
Received 22 Mar 2018Comfort Inn Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QQ
Received 9 Mar 202117 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 16 Dec 2025Shorelines 11 Hamilton Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 4EQ
Received 10 Dec 2018Wayside Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BA
Received 10 May 202118 Hinde Road Felpham PO22 7QJ
Received 27 Jan 202041 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 2 Jan 2018Brodick 1 Castle Close Bognor Regis PO21 2FG
Received 13 Feb 2018Littlehampton Covered Market 26-28 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BG
Received 13 Feb 2020Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 2 Jan 2020Ancient Mariner Hotel 59 West Street Bognor Regis PO21 1XB
Received 26 Oct 202132 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NU
Received 22 Jun 202614 Churchill Avenue Aldwick
Received 31 Oct 2018Stanwick Northfields Lane Westergate PO20 3UH
Received 19 Jun 2019Two Trees Little Heath Road Fontwell BN18 0SR
Received 13 Oct 2017Land east of Tye Lane Walberton Arun
Received 9 Apr 2019Sunny Corner Copse Lane Walberton BN18 0QH
Received 18 Feb 2020Land East of Wandleys Lane Fontwell
Received 28 Sept 20262 Monterey Pines Felpham PO22 7LA
Received 28 Aug 2026Weybourne House Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QR
Received 20 Sept 201851 Lyminster Road Littlehampton BN17 7LF
Received 18 Jun 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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