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.
9,241 approved · 1,137 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 3 Aug 20214 Yew Tree Close Bersted PO22 9UB
Received 26 Jan 2019Main Unit Rear of Holmlea Town Cross Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2DN
Received 24 Oct 2017Barnside 153 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AF
Received 19 Feb 201821 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 3 Aug 2020Hazel Cottage Church Lane Yapton BN18 0EH
Received 4 Feb 2019The Cottage Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 28 Nov 201933 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NU
Received 30 Oct 202584 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9DS
Received 7 Oct 2025Land off Burndell Road Yapton
Received 5 Nov 20194 The Byeway Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4ER
Received 28 Nov 2018Worthing Peugeot Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 6 Mar 2018Middleton House Yapton Road MIddleton on Sea PO22 6DU
Received 9 Oct 2018Land West of Yapton Lane Walberton
Received 11 Sept 20262 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HE
Received 26 Nov 202038 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AN
Received 9 Mar 201815 Ivy Close Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3RF
Received 16 Dec 2020Barton Manor Barton Close Pagham PO21 4FH
Received 27 Feb 202033 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LL
Received 9 Apr 20191 Flint Cottages Mount Pleasant Arundel BN18 9BD
Received 22 Apr 202610 Dukes Meadow Pagham PO21 3PJ
Received 14 May 20212 Broadmark Way Rustington BN16 2EY
Received 6 May 2018Norfolk Arms Hotel 22 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 16 Mar 201795 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BS
Received 13 Apr 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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