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.
8,572 approved · 1,083 refused · 508 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RX
Received 6 Jul 2020Nyewood Church Of England Junior School Brent Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NW
Received 7 Jan 20222 Old Warehouse Mews Western Road Littlehampton BN17 5GE
Received 20 Apr 202635 Tack Lee Road Yapton BN18 0HB
Received 7 Sept 2018Long Furlong 30 The Drive Aldwick
Received 8 Jun 201864 St Thomas Drive Pagham PO21 4UA
Received 5 Jan 2018Corner Westergate Street and Meadow Way Aldingbourne PO20 3QT
Received 20 Jul 202199 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 13 Dec 202127 Highdown Way Ferring BN12 6QQ
Received 6 Jul 202135 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 13 Nov 201830 Tack Lee Road Yapton BN18 0HB
Received 5 Mar 2026The Gate House Manor Copse Felpham PO22 7AT
Received 5 Mar 201848 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LJ
Received 8 Nov 2021Land at Street Buildings North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 30 Oct 2020261 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QU
Received 6 Feb 201897 Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0EQ
Received 21 Dec 201751 Mead Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AW
Received 23 Jan 2020Land South Of Wandleys Lane Eastergate PO20 3SE
Received 18 Feb 202615a Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5AZ
Received 5 Mar 2018Church House Church Lane Climping BN17 5RB
Received 7 Sept 2020Village Green Sea Road East Preston BN16 1LP
Received 13 Jan 202027 Cardinals Drive Pahgam PO21 4QF
Received 17 Feb 2020Angmering Library Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JS
Received 15 Jan 20263 Bay Walk Aldwick PO21 4ET
Received 8 May 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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