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.
8,582 approved · 1,083 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Perrys Orchard Lane Lyminster BN17 7GL
Received 9 Apr 2018Ivy Lane Footbridge Ivy Lane PO22 8AE
Received 31 Mar 20205 Richmond Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2YE
Received 11 Feb 20191 Babsham Cottages Babsham Lane Bersted PO21 5EL
Received 29 Mar 202144 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 14 Dec 201737 Church Road Rustington BN16 3NN
Received 26 Oct 2021The Scout Hut Brent Road Bognor Regis PO21 5N
Received 9 Feb 201814 Milton Close Rustington BN16 2PN
Received 18 Jun 2018Broomhurst Farm Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QQ
Received 1 Mar 202619 Selborne Way East Preston BN16 2TG
Received 6 Aug 201740 Minton Road Felpham PO22 7JN
Received 11 Sept 2018Unit 1 Christie Place Bognor Regis PO22 9RT
Received 31 Oct 2017Flamsteed Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 21 Aug 20208 Hamilton Gardens Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4EQ
Received 16 Apr 20269 Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QE
Received 17 Mar 2026Field House Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TT
Received 19 Nov 2018Promenade Shelter Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 1 Nov 2019The Hollies 84 Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0ES
Received 28 Aug 202610 Cissbury Road Ferring BN12 6QJ
Received 30 Nov 201715 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 8 May 2018Barberry Lodge 17 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5HL
Received 10 Jan 20186 Upper Drive East Preston BN16 1QN
Received 6 Apr 2021Claremont Court Campbell Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HD
Received 23 Mar 2022Wicks Farm, Office 1 Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 14 Nov 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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