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8,887 approved · 1,109 refused · 524 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Heathers 106 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HU
Received 15 Sept 202058 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1LP
Received 8 Mar 202216 Sea Way Middleton-on-sea PO22 7SA
Received 13 Apr 202656 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SP
Received 2 Oct 201754 Chaucer Avenue Rustington BN16 2PG
Received 10 Aug 2021Land at Bilsham Road
Received 11 Jan 2021Cloudy Bay Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SF
Received 28 Jul 20263 Dolphin Way Rustington BN16 2EL
Received 20 Jan 2020Grey Barn Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NX
Received 22 Apr 2022MOW COTTAGE WORMS LANE FELPHAM
Received 30 Mar 2021Craig Rock 21 Craigweil Manor Bognor Regis PO21 4DJ
Received 24 Oct 20218 South Road Felpham PO22 8EF
Received 25 Sept 20203 St Georges Gardens Aldwick Land at West Meads
Received 23 Apr 201940 Norbren Avenue Bersted PO21 5HE
Received 27 Jul 20187 Middleton Road Felpham PO22 6BL
Received 19 Oct 202012 Westfield Avenue East Preston BN16 1PH
Received 1 Mar 201918 West View Drive Yapton BN18 0JR
Received 29 Dec 202517 Stewards Rise Arundel BN18 9ER
Received 6 Jul 20212 Durban Park Bognor Regis PO22 9RJ
Received 9 Nov 2020392 Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5DR
Received 14 Aug 202034 Orchard Road East Preston BN16 1RB
Received 1 Nov 202125 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1EW
Received 15 Dec 20206 & 8 Gorse Avenue Felpham PO22 6AY
Received 7 Aug 2019Former Gasholder Harwood Road Littlehampton BN17 7AU
Received 22 Jun 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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