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.
8,565 approved · 1,081 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
330 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5AU
Received 5 Mar 2018107 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HU
Received 13 Oct 20256 Worcester Close Aldwick PO21 5QZ
Received 20 Mar 2020Haluke Lani Canons Close Aldwick PO21 4EB
Received 19 Mar 202010 Bayford Road Littlehampton BN17 5HL
Received 11 Feb 202224 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EJ
Received 6 Jan 2022Existing Telecommunications Installation Ferring Water Pumping Station off Amberley Drive Ferring BN12 4QJ
Received 25 Aug 2017Clymping Mill Clymping Street Clymping BN17 5RN
Received 7 Dec 201837 Central Avenue Bersted PO21 5HT
Received 8 Oct 202124 Mill Pond Way East Preston BN16 1TG
Received 3 Sept 201922 Singleton Crescent Ferring BN12 5DG
Received 21 Nov 2019Lullyng Cottage Lyminster Road Littlehampton BN17 7QE
Received 3 Feb 2022Land Adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Aldingbourne
Received 16 Oct 202591 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EW
Received 27 Nov 20187 A'Becketts Avenue Aldwick PO21 4LX
Received 29 Nov 201911 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DR
Received 27 Apr 2021Land West of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 26 Mar 2018Unit 2 Brookside Avenue Rustington BN16 3LF
Received 2 Oct 2026Land at Nyton Road and Northfields Lane Westergate and land off Fontwell Avenue Eastergate
Received 17 Dec 20181A & 1B Northway Road Wick Littlehampton
Received 1 Jun 2018Nightingale Nursing Home 43 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JG
Received 29 Mar 202210 The Ridings East Preston BN16 2TN
Received 23 Apr 201815 Warren Crescent East Preston BN16 1BH
Received 21 Sept 20194 Broadmark Parade Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2NE
Received 8 Aug 2019Records 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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