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.
8,784 approved · 1,100 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
19-21 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN
Received 24 Jun 20266 Whitelands Felpham PO22 8JF
Received 26 Jun 20191 Steele Crescent Wick Littlehampton BN17 6GN
Received 26 Nov 2018Hales Barn Farm Arundel Road Aldingbourne PO18 0JX
Received 8 Apr 2020Little Twittens Recreation Ground Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DY
Received 26 Jan 2026Croft Cottage Park Road Barnham PO22 0AQ
Received 21 Nov 2019The Decoy Decoy Lane Angmering BN18 9QA
Received 19 Jan 20223 Granary Way Littlehampton BN17 7QY
Received 12 Apr 2019Land at Electricity Substation Ford Road Arundel BN18 9DX
Received 27 Apr 20229 Normans Drive Felpham PO22 8LW
Received 13 Jan 2026Bay Tree House 16 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 17 Nov 2020Garage Premises Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 17 Sept 201921 Poulner Close Felpham PO22 8HN
Received 5 Jan 202218 Shirley Close Rustington BN16 2EG
Received 4 Jan 2019Land rear of Beechlands Cottages Beechlands Close East Preston BN16 1JT
Received 24 May 20212 Green Park Ferring BN12 6QR
Received 11 Sept 2019Land at Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton
Received 13 Aug 202016 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JN
Received 19 Oct 2021Glenhurst Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3ER
Received 12 Feb 201930 Jubilee Avenue Rustington BN16 3NB
Received 31 Jan 20181 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 17 Jan 201856 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DD
Received 24 Mar 202129 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NR
Received 16 May 201825A Foamcourt Waye Ferring BN12 5RD
Received 24 Dec 2018Records 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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