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.
9,062 approved · 1,117 refused · 532 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EU
Received 9 Oct 2019St Marys Vicarage The Street Walberton West Sussex BN18 0PQ
Received 19 Aug 20184 Navigation Drive Yapton BN18 0PS
Received 4 Jun 2018Land at Oldlands Farm Newlands Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 17 Feb 2026The Steddles North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 5 Nov 2021Sycamore 7 Waverley Road Rustington BN16 2DX
Received 9 Jul 2018108 Manning Road Littlehampton BN17 7HX
Received 10 Oct 2018Three Greens Level Mare Lane Fontwell PO20 3SB
Received 16 May 20223 Green Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TJ
Received 3 Nov 20201 School Terrace The Street Walberton BN18 0PF
Received 11 Jun 2018Birchwood House Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 17 Dec 201948 Honeysuckle Drive Pagham PO21 3PT
Received 7 May 2020The Cemetery Ford Road Arundel BN18 9EA
Received 2 Dec 202121 Edwen Close Pagham PO21 3PH
Received 10 Mar 20211 Raycroft Close Aldwick PO21 3DG
Received 17 Oct 2020117 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 16 Sept 20183 Grange Park Ferring BN12 5LS
Received 20 Jan 2026Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 22 Dec 202117 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 17 Mar 2022Longwall House Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 16 Apr 2021Land to the south of Ford Lane East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 27 May 20211 St Malo Close Ferring BN12 5HF
Received 20 Jul 201715 Acorn End Aldwick PO21 4JA
Received 22 Jul 202018 Old Point Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RY
Received 28 Mar 2019Records 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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