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.
8,601 approved · 1,084 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stanwick Northfields Lane Westergate PO20 3UH
Received 9 Jul 202647 Gossamer Lane Bognor Regis PO21 3DD
Received 21 May 2018Cwm Ivy 12 Wansford Way Felpham PO22 7NL
Received 8 May 201919 The Midway Felpham PO22 7HA
Received 6 Jul 20203 Glen Gardens Ferring BN12 5HG
Received 14 Sept 20172 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BZ
Received 16 Sept 201933 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SZ
Received 28 Aug 20268 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NQ
Received 25 Mar 20215A West Drive Ferring BN12 5QZ
Received 18 Mar 202125 Amberley Close Littlehampton BN17 6HW
Received 18 Mar 20213 Brigham Place Felpham PO22 7NW
Received 13 Oct 20206 Larchfield Close Aldwick PO21 4RB
Received 3 Jul 201835 Outerwyke Road Felpham PO22 8NF
Received 9 Apr 20186 The Crescent Pagham PO21 4RU
Received 4 Aug 2020Oak Tree Cottage Acorn End Aldwick PO21 4JA
Received 21 Aug 2018Directors Cottage Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 25 Feb 2021Entrance to Aldwick Avenue Aldwick PO21 3AQ
Received 13 Sept 202020 Crimsham Road Bognor Regis PO21 5FR
Received 14 Jul 20217 Old Poor House Cottages Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 23 Nov 2017North Barn Climping Street Climping BN17 5RG
Received 25 Feb 202214 Baldwin Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6RQ
Received 27 Feb 2019Fern Cottage 5A Surrey Street Arundel BN18 9DT
Received 27 Oct 202157 Coastal Road Kingston BN16 1SN
Received 30 Nov 20203 The Hard Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JS
Received 19 Jan 2022Records 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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