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.
8,792 approved · 1,100 refused · 519 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Seaview Avenue East Preston BN16 1PP
Received 25 Jan 2018Land at Watersmead Business Park Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LS
Received 31 Jul 201934 Sea Lane Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RT
Received 23 Feb 202181 Worthing Road Rustington BN16 3NA
Received 11 Oct 20186 Firs Avenue West Felpham PO22 8PZ
Received 1 Feb 201927 Clun Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7DZ
Received 22 Feb 2022Dorestan 10 Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1AZ
Received 20 Apr 2020188 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2YQ
Received 2 Apr 202020 Coniston Way Littlehampton BN17 6SR
Received 12 Oct 2021Adjoining site at 10 Acre Field West of Saltbox Rowan Way Bognor Regis
Received 18 Mar 2019Ivelwade Church Road Yapton BN18 0EW
Received 10 Dec 2025Chalcroft Nurseries Chalcraft Lane Bersted PO21 5TS
Received 9 Dec 2025Sunnymead North End Road Yapton BN18 0DL
Received 30 Apr 2021Baird Business Park Grevatt's Lane Littlehampton BN17 5RE
Received 25 Jun 2026102 Rose Green Road Bognor Regis PO21 3EF
Received 1 Nov 2021The Dairy Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 12 Oct 20187 Shannon Close Littlehampton BN17 6PR
Received 13 Jun 2020Land Rear Of 1 Northfields Cottages Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RX
Received 4 May 202117 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 15 Aug 20179 St Malo Court St Helier Road Ferring BN12 5EY
Received 2 Aug 2018Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 13 Feb 2020Land at Unit 4 Hawthorn Road Hawthorn Road Littlehampton BN17 7LT
Received 31 Aug 202111 Carlton Avenue Aldwick PO21 3LS
Received 18 Aug 2021Yapton Free Church The Old Church Building Main Road Yapton
Received 21 Jul 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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