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9,139 approved · 1,127 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
17 Nyewood Lane Aldwick PO21 2QB
Received 29 Jun 202048 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 5 May 2022Karenza Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TB
Received 2 Aug 2026Arundel Equine Hospital Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 18 Jul 20175 Stanbrok Close Aldwick PO21 3SN
Received 30 Jul 20205 The Cottrells Angmering BN16 4AF
Received 10 Nov 202551 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LP
Received 3 Nov 2017Land South of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 30 Oct 202014 West Ridings East Preston BN16 2TD
Received 12 Nov 202026 Sherwood Road Bersted PO22 9DR
Received 20 Aug 2019Lower Dairy Barn Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QU
Received 14 Mar 20196 Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QT
Received 1 Feb 20222 Lichfield Gardens Aldwick PO21 3RB
Received 22 Sept 202578 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NL
Received 3 May 2017Winterton Lodge Goda Road Littlehampton BN17 6SY
Received 18 Jan 20226A Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JS
Received 2 Jun 2021Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 21 Sept 2021The Farm 39 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 27 Apr 202215 Foamcourt Waye Ferring BN12 5RD
Received 17 Mar 2021Land adj Church Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 16 Jun 2021Church House Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 27 Oct 2017Woodgate Centre Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land west of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RX
Received 12 May 202014C Sark Gardens Ferring BN12 5QB
Received 22 Nov 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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