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.
8,887 approved · 1,109 refused · 523 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Sunnymead Close Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6LS
Received 4 Feb 2021Tile Barn Farm 32 Hill Lane Barnham PO22 0BL
Received 24 Sept 2021133 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AG
Received 13 Aug 2018Seahaven Sea Road Felpham PO22 7AN
Received 10 Mar 201889 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2JA
Received 1 Mar 2019Snetterton West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 9 May 20222 Ruston Avenue Rustington BN16 2AP
Received 24 Nov 2020Aldingbourne Park Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3YR
Received 8 Oct 20197 Evelyn Avenue Rustington BN16 2EJ
Received 2 Feb 202263 Willowhale Green Aldwick PO21 4LW
Received 18 Aug 202037 Stanhope Road Littlehampton BN17 6AQ
Received 25 May 2022Arcanum 9 Acorn End Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4JA
Received 5 Aug 202014 North Avenue South Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6HE
Received 9 Feb 2021Panorama Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QP
Received 7 Sept 202015 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SY
Received 16 Jul 20254 Jersey Road Ferring BN12 5PZ
Received 30 Sept 2026Land at Dappers Lane Angmering Littlehampton
Received 30 Apr 20215 Shannon Close Littlehampton BN17 6PR
Received 23 Apr 2021Southdown Nursery The Bungalow Old Mead Road Littlehampton BN17 7PU
Received 10 Jan 20223 Juniper Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6SD
Received 7 Oct 2021Holly Lodge 3 Barrack Lane Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4BY
Received 11 Mar 202028 Arun Road Bognor Regis PO21 5PD
Received 1 Nov 2019Herons Farm Dappers Lane Angmering
Received 27 Feb 2018The Regis School Campus Westloats Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5LH
Received 27 Apr 2026Records 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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