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.
8,767 approved · 1,099 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67-69 Lych Gate House Elmer Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6EH
Received 25 Nov 2020Silo at Former McIntyre Nursery Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PG
Received 20 Oct 202056 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SP
Received 1 Apr 20201 The Causeway Pagham PO21 4PD
Received 15 Jun 20203A Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JP
Received 25 Apr 201876 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1DD
Received 30 Jun 201730 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HQ
Received 27 Apr 2018128 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HN
Received 5 Oct 2020St Margarets Church Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JS
Received 8 Jun 2026West House Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 10 May 20223 Ferring Close Ferring BN12 5QT
Received 4 Dec 201739 Priory Road Arundel BN18 9ET
Received 22 Feb 2022Unit 1 Railside Retail Park Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9FL
Received 24 May 2017Land to South of Downes Way(north of 15 Ambersham Crescent) Downes Way Little Hampton BN16 1AA
Received 13 Sept 202026-28 Oakland Court Admiralty Road Felpham PO22 7DW
Received 14 May 201831 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PL
Received 10 Jul 201722 Onslow Drive Ferring BN12 5RS
Received 20 May 2021Flat 2 42 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1ES
Received 22 Dec 2020Worthing Audi Roundstone By-Pass Road Angmering BN16 4BD
Received 8 Jan 2019Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 3 Nov 2021200 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ES
Received 24 May 201987 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EX
Received 28 Sept 2017The Old Vicarage The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 2 Apr 2026Bonhams Farm House Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 4 Feb 2019Records 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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