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.
8,872 approved · 1,107 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Missione Vecchia Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SA
Received 14 Nov 201916 East Bank North End Road Yapton BN18 0DJ
Received 22 Jan 2021103 Roundstone Drive East Preston BN16 1EN
Received 17 Jun 201911 Somerset Road East Preston BN16 1BZ
Received 22 Jan 202232 Orchard Way Bognor Regis PO22 9HL
Received 31 Mar 2026Land Adjacent Station Cottages Ford Road Ford BN18 0BH
Received 5 Feb 20208 Ceres Place Felpham PO22 7RG
Received 6 Jun 201733 Marshall Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2TL
Received 7 Dec 2020Land at Railway Wharf Quayside Littlehampton BN17 5SF
Received 25 Aug 2017Hadley Close Middleton on Sea PO22 6PQ
Received 23 Aug 20182 Phoenix House Ferring Grange Gardens Ferring BN12 5HU
Received 2 Dec 20216 Lion Road Pagham PO21 3JZ
Received 4 Oct 20215 The Midway Felpham PO22 7EZ
Received 17 Feb 202078 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2PE
Received 1 Jun 2026Land adjacent to 49 Warren Way Barnham PO22 0JX
Received 28 Apr 2022Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 30 Apr 20183 Homing Gardens Bersted PO22 9AJ
Received 10 Jul 20202 Greyfriars Close Aldwick PO21 5RH
Received 27 Sept 2020Land East of North End Road and West of Church Lane Nursery Yapton BN18 0GA
Received 7 Jun 2021Shannock Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 20 Nov 2019Ground Floor unit Saltmarsh House Old Market Lane Littlehampton BN17 5FB
Received 13 Feb 20205-7 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QB
Received 4 Jul 2017Mast at Felpham Way Bognor Regis PO22 8PS
Received 6 Dec 20215 Admiralty Road Felpham PO22 7DJ
Received 10 Nov 2025Records 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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