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.
8,956 approved · 1,112 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rowan Garth 39 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 25 Jul 202645 Southdean Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TH
Received 17 Dec 2025Land to the East of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell
Received 1 Feb 2022Rabbit Island Rear of 84 Brooks Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8DN
Received 26 May 202615 Cissbury Road Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 9 Nov 201770 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 26 Mar 2018Pennicotts Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO20 1LN
Received 19 Sept 202068 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7BE
Received 7 Sept 20209-11 Water Tower Buildings London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PN
Received 5 Nov 2019Second Floor Flat 37C South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NU
Received 12 Mar 2020Nyton Nursery Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UQ
Received 17 Dec 201924 Honeysuckle Drive Pagham PO21 3PT
Received 15 Nov 2018Land To North Of Yapton C Of E Primary School North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 28 May 202125 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 14 Mar 2022Progress Garage Yapton Road Walberton BN18 0AJ
Received 10 May 201918 Normandy Drive East Preston BN16 1LU
Received 19 Nov 2018Northwood House Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 15 Jan 2020Land off Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 12 Mar 2018Land East Of Toll Cottage Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 22 May 2019Homecroft House Sylvan Way Bognor Regis PO21 2NG
Received 19 Oct 201712 Arun Road Bognor Regis PO21 5PD
Received 6 Mar 20201 Holkham Cottages Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 26 Mar 201918a River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 31 Mar 2021Thomas A Beckett Cottage 2 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 6 Jul 2020Records 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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