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.
8,734 approved · 1,091 refused · 515 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AQ
Received 19 Mar 2018Land South of Barnham Station Barnham
Received 14 Sept 20266 Northway Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 17 Jan 20181 Northway Road Littlehampton BN17 7JX
Received 27 Feb 201910 West Mead Rustington BN16 2SL
Received 11 Apr 20199 Farm Close Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JQ
Received 19 Aug 202025 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RS
Received 9 Apr 2019Liseve Lodge 84 North Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 8 Apr 20267 Lavender Way Angmering BN16 4QD
Received 14 Nov 2025137 Bayford Road Littlehampton BN17 5HW
Received 4 Jul 2018Flint Court Rectory Lane Angmering BN16 4JU
Received 16 Mar 20203 Clifton Road Bognor Regis PO21 2HH
Received 2 Jul 2019The Cottage Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PA
Received 29 May 20191 Lineside Way Littlehampton BN17 7EH
Received 24 May 2019Parcel Of Land 254 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 17 Apr 2026Headland House Strange Garden Aldwick PO21 4AL
Received 31 Oct 2025107 Roundstone Drive East Preston BN16 1EN
Received 6 Jun 201820 Lashmar Road East Preston BN16 1EY
Received 18 Dec 2018Seaforth 6 Old Point Middleton-on-sea PO22 7RY
Received 28 Aug 2026Land West of Holly Drive Littlehampton
Received 3 Sept 2025Former Arundel Equine Hospital Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 4 Sept 2017Land adjacent to Elm Lodge Tamarisk Way Ferring BN12 5ER
Received 17 Dec 20188 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 10 Jul 202632 Leeward Road Littlehampton BN17 6PQ
Received 23 Nov 2017Records 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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