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.
9,123 approved · 1,125 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Orchard Crescent Arundel Road Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SD
Received 2 Jan 201927 Yeomans Acre Aldwick PO21 3QJ
Received 12 May 2021Courtwick Lane Littlehampton
Received 22 May 20195 Hudson Drive Rustington BN16 2AX
Received 10 Jun 2021Smugglers 4 Botany Close Rustington BN16 2BH
Received 14 Oct 20209 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 4 May 202026 Drift Road Pagham PO21 3NS
Received 10 Jun 2020The Boathouse 14 Craigwell Manor Aldwick PO21 4DJ
Received 16 Oct 201848 Shaftesbury Road Rustington BN16 2HX
Received 30 Jan 2018The Tudor Tavern 138-140 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NN
Received 9 Feb 2018Old Stores House The Street Walberton Arundel BN18 0PQ
Received 26 Feb 2019Grasmere Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UN
Received 4 Jan 2021Carlton House 15 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 23 May 201925 Skylark Way Barnham PO22 0FA
Received 12 Apr 202115 Shaftesbury Road Rustington BN16 2HR
Received 17 Sept 20201 Saltmarsh House 1 Old Market Lane Littlehampton BN17 5FB
Received 6 Jan 2022Pavement o/s 63 High Street Littlehampton BN17 5EJ
Received 24 Sept 202546 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 25 Oct 2021The Old Coal Yard North End Lane Yapton BN18 0DN
Received 3 Dec 2025White Cottage 32 King Street Arundel BN18 9BW
Received 18 May 2026211 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HW
Received 18 Apr 201772 Ancton Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JP
Received 13 Aug 2018Clymping Mill Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 8 Mar 2019Kingslea 21 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 13 Sept 2017Records 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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