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.
9,085 approved · 1,121 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Parsons Walk Walberton BN18 0PA
Received 18 Jul 20189 Ancton Close Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6ND
Received 27 Jul 201828 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 15 Mar 202137 Andrew Avenue FELPHAM PO22 7QQ
Received 6 Nov 20175 St Thomas Drive Pagham PO21 4UB
Received 20 Sept 20264 Sturges Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AH
Received 1 Nov 2019Land rear of 74 & 76 Canada Road Arundel BN18 9HY
Received 26 Apr 2017Middleton House Yapton Road Middleton PO22 6DU
Received 31 Oct 20183 George IV Walk Felpham PO22 8HJ
Received 18 Mar 20202 Heghbrok Way Aldwick PO21 2RF
Received 17 Mar 202643 Chaucer Avenue Rustington BN16 2PQ
Received 11 Jun 2018Land at Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 30 Mar 202222 Grosvenor Gardens Aldwick PO21 3EY
Received 28 Apr 2021Southern Allotments Hampton Park Littlehampton
Received 18 Dec 2025Rookery Cottage Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 21 Feb 2019Car Park to rear of Longbrook House University of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 22 Feb 20222 Lilac Cottages Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 26 Jan 202225 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 10 Jun 2019Flat 10 Madehurst Court Littlehampton BN17 7BX
Received 11 Dec 2017Land North of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 16 Jun 20262 Second Avenue Felpham PO22 7LJ
Received 17 May 2017Land To East Of Fontwell Racecourse Fontwell Avenue Eastergate BN18 0SW
Received 2 Jul 2021Vista Point 21 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 2 Jun 2026Trotyn Croft Aldwick Felds Bognor Regis PO21 3TX
Received 9 Sept 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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