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.
9,143 approved · 1,129 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elm Lodge Tamarisk Way Ferring BN12 5ER
Received 13 Nov 2019225 Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PP
Received 1 Jun 202133 Westmorland Drive Felpham PO22 8NA
Received 7 May 2020Rose Cottage 25 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 10 Jul 2017Coastwoods 32 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DH
Received 22 May 2019Land East Of Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AL
Received 9 Mar 202248 Lane End Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6LT
Received 6 May 202227 Shrubbs Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7SW
Received 24 Feb 2020Shell Eastfield Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LE
Received 2 Nov 2018Wilton House 37 West Street Bognor Regis PO21 1FS
Received 9 Nov 201859 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HN
Received 12 Sept 2017Yapton Metal Company Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 12 Jul 2019The Look And Sea Centre Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5AW
Received 17 Feb 2019Inglenook Hotel 253-255 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QB
Received 5 Jun 2019Land North of Chalcraft Lane Bersted
Received 14 Aug 2026The Coach House The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 4 Feb 20214 Laburnum Close Ferring BN12 5EJ
Received 24 Mar 2022Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted PO21 5DN
Received 3 Oct 20192 Hayleys Gardens Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 7ES
Received 14 Dec 2018Burlington Nursing Home 109-111 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2DZ
Received 25 Aug 2020The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 31 Jul 2026Land West of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 18 Nov 2025The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 12 Apr 2019Vincent House 75 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8PD
Received 22 Feb 2022Records 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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