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.
9,178 approved · 1,130 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
31 Elizabeth Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EL
Received 18 Feb 2019Land west of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RX
Received 17 Mar 2022Land West of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 3 Aug 202682 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PW
Received 23 Feb 2022Walnut Tree Cottage Church Road Yapton BN18 0ER
Received 3 Oct 202113 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3AT
Received 8 Mar 201999 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7LP
Received 12 Feb 2021Woodgate Centre Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 12 Dec 202541 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3BX
Received 10 Mar 20201 Cove Road Rustington BN16 2QW
Received 28 Jan 20207 Maltravers Street Arundel
Received 12 Feb 2020Tyrolean Lodge Main Road Yapton BN18 0EA
Received 16 Dec 202134 Chalcraft Lane Bersted PO21 5TX
Received 29 Mar 201714 Chaucer Avenue Rustington BN16 2PQ
Received 17 Apr 202667/69 Tarrant Street and 2A Arun Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 9 Sept 2020Phase 5 Hampton Park Toddington Lane Littlehampton
Received 22 May 202615 Regents Way Aldwick PO21 5QN
Received 26 Feb 20185 Ferringham Court Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LT
Received 22 Oct 2019Rousay Croft 55 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DN
Received 6 Feb 201825 Henry Avenue Rustington BN16 2PA
Received 13 Nov 2017Kingsley Gate Court Wick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PE
Received 27 Sept 2018Brodick 1 Castle Close Bognor Regis PO21 2FG
Received 22 Nov 201611 Sark Gardens Ferring BN12 5QB
Received 1 Jul 2021Tanglewood Rifeside Gardens Ferring BN12 6QH
Received 20 Apr 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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