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.
9,139 approved · 1,127 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Tree House 114 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2EJ
Received 19 Jun 201915 Acorn End Aldwick PO21 4JA
Received 5 Apr 20205 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7EL
Received 4 Jun 202649 Northway Road Littlehampton BN17 7JX
Received 18 Mar 2021Newman House 21 Sturges Road Bognor Regis PO21 2AH
Received 27 Sept 201960 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 2XL
Received 9 Apr 2018The Coachmans Cottage Kings Arms Hill Arundel BN18 9BT
Received 28 Jan 20196 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 17 Aug 201744 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 13 Oct 201750 Milton Avenue Rustington BN16 2PW
Received 10 Dec 201869 Pinehurst Park Aldwick PO21 3DX
Received 18 Sept 201740 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DB
Received 6 Apr 2021Land adjacent to 12 Plover Close Bognor Regis PO22 9HD
Received 20 May 2019Pharos Quay River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BF
Received 27 Sept 2020Tortington House Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 15 Nov 2018Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 2 Mar 2022Walberton Place Care Home Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 10 Dec 2018Easter Cottage Old Dairy Lane Norton Aldingbourne PO20 3AF
Received 26 Nov 20179 Glenville Road Rustington BN16 2DU
Received 13 Dec 2018St Johns Cottage South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 26 Jun 2019Pear Tree Cottage Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4JR
Received 11 Jan 2021Land West of New Barn Lane Bersted PO21 5DN
Received 20 Aug 202055 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2BQ
Received 1 Mar 20214 Wentworth Close Barnham PO22 0HS
Received 13 Dec 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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