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.
8,742 approved · 1,092 refused · 516 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
30 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7ET
Received 30 May 2022Various locations in Felpham and Bognor Regis
Received 5 Jul 2017Little Beechfield Dukes Road Fontwell BN18 0SP
Received 26 Mar 202168 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5EP
Received 21 Sept 2020Land North of Yapton C of E Primary School North End Road Yapton
Received 15 Dec 2020Walnut Tree Cottage Church Road Yapton BN18 0ER
Received 6 Apr 2022Norton Dairy Old Dairy Lane Norton PO20 3AF
Received 17 Jun 202125 Kingsmead Felpham PO22 7BD
Received 23 Nov 20201 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2AY
Received 14 Oct 2021Various locations Sea Estate Rustington
Received 27 Sept 2019The Arundel Gardener and Maidenhead Aquatics Crookthorn Lane Climping BN17 5SN
Received 15 Jul 20217 Kenlegh Aldwick PO21 3TS
Received 20 Sept 2019The Hatters Inn 2-10 Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1QT
Received 18 Dec 2025Longbrook Pavillion Hook Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AT
Received 1 Apr 202615 The Plantation East Preston BN16 1LD
Received 5 Mar 2021Clyde Cottage Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JG
Received 4 Jan 2021Land West Of Ryefield Farmhouse Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 23 Jul 2026Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted Bersted PO21 5DR
Received 21 Jul 201737 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 9 Mar 2026SEE BR/35/19/HH Culver Cottage 37 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2LN
Received 21 Jan 201952 Ferring Street Ferring
Received 4 Sept 2017Old Well Cottage High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 1 Mar 2019Oldlands Farm Steyning Way Bersted
Received 26 Feb 20183 Normandy Drive East Preston BN16 1LT
Received 25 Sept 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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