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.
9,180 approved · 1,130 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Crunchy Cottage Park Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TJ
Received 23 Feb 202647 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EW
Received 27 Aug 202138 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BU
Received 10 Sept 202595 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2BE
Received 23 Feb 202197 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 2NY
Received 21 Mar 2021Sudbury Westloats Lane Bersted PO21 5JZ
Received 20 Nov 2018Land to South of Sundown Littleheath Road Aldingbourne BN18 0SR
Received 26 Feb 202123 Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DP
Received 9 Apr 20186 St Marys Close Littlehampton BN17 5PZ
Received 24 Aug 202114 West Drive Elmer PO22 7TS
Received 13 Dec 201760 Southdean Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TB
Received 23 Sept 2020Langford Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QZ
Received 5 Aug 202029A South Drive Felpham PO22 7PY
Received 12 May 2020Land at Climping Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QY
Received 25 Aug 2026Land to the south of Ford Lane East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 6 Oct 2020Workshop Rear of 15 Royal Parade Royal Parade North Bersted Bognor Regis PO21 5AJ
Received 11 Jun 2026Westbury Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 9 Jul 2026North Barn New House Farm Norton Lane Aldingbourne
Received 22 Feb 2019Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering
Received 5 Jan 2021Annex, New House Farm Barn New House Farm Barns, Ford Lane Ford BN18 0EF
Received 5 Oct 201946 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JS
Received 14 Sept 2020The Old School House 114 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PP
Received 22 Jul 2019Nantucket Gorse Avenue East Preston BN16 1SG
Received 18 Jan 2022West House South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 30 Mar 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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