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.
8,668 approved · 1,086 refused · 514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Cottage 70 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AE
Received 17 Jan 2026Fitzalan Link Road Littlehampton
Received 9 Dec 2019Arundel Church Of England Primary School Jarvis Road Arundel BN18 9HT
Received 24 Jan 2022Springfield Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 26 Aug 2020234 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UP
Received 7 May 201946a-47b Pier Road Littlehampton
Received 9 Dec 2020Liseve Lodge 84 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 9 Feb 202132 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 8 Mar 20216 May Close Clymping West Sussex BN17 5TF
Received 1 Nov 201912 Swanbourne Road Littlehampton BN17 6HS
Received 3 Jul 2020Flat 51 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LP
Received 28 Sept 2021Lulworth Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 2 Sept 202022 Ford Road Arundel BN18 9EQ
Received 28 Nov 201869 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AE
Received 4 Jan 20219 Telgarth Road Ferring BN12 5PX
Received 27 Oct 202193 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7BQ
Received 25 Sept 2017Flints Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NP
Received 14 Aug 202531 Apple Grove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 24 Sept 2017Land to the East of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell Avenue Fontwell
Received 8 May 2019Merry England Dappers Lane Angmeirng BN16 4EN
Received 1 Oct 202170 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5DY
Received 13 Jul 2018283-285A Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AH
Received 22 Jan 20212A Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5PL
Received 28 May 20191A Normanton Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2TX
Received 4 Dec 2025Records 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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