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.
8,889 approved · 1,109 refused · 525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 4 Sept 20193 Hermione Close Ferring BN12 6PZ
Received 19 Feb 2021Land North of Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 20 Mar 2020Fairfield 1 Regis Avenue Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4HQ
Received 14 May 2018University of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 22 Dec 201710 Felpham Gardens Felpham PO22 8QS
Received 19 Dec 2018The Tap And Barrel Duke Street Littlehampton BN17 6EU
Received 13 Aug 20189 Manor Park Pagham PO21 3JS
Received 20 May 2020Springfields Chichester Road Bersted PO21 5EE
Received 11 Jun 20216 Northway Road Littlehampton BN17 1JX
Received 27 Oct 201748 Southdean Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TH
Received 5 May 202024 Oval Waye Ferring BN12 5RA
Received 26 Aug 2021Crosslands Barnham Road Walberton BN18 0AX
Received 4 Dec 20195 Downlands Close Pagham PO21 3QA
Received 30 Sept 2025108 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7LP
Received 14 Oct 202532 Links Avenue Felpham PO22 7BX
Received 18 Dec 20204 Hayley's Garden Felpham PO22 7ES
Received 23 Aug 2017The Swallows St Catherines Road Littlehampton BN17 5HJ
Received 11 Sept 201958 Dinsdale Gardens Rustington BN16 3NH
Received 11 Jul 2021Walnut Tree House 21 The Street Rustington BN16 3PA
Received 26 Jun 2019The Hollies 84 Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 0ES
Received 22 Sept 202648 Fish Lane Aldwick PO21 3AH
Received 23 Feb 20222 Greyfriars Close Aldwick PO21 5RH
Received 8 Jun 2021Land south of Cornfield Close Littlehampton BN17 6LD
Received 4 Jun 2021Records 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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