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.
9,297 approved · 1,141 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
23 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5SN
Received 22 Jul 2021Rookery Park New Barn Lane Bersted PO21 5DN
Received 21 Oct 202093 Middleton Road Middleton on Sea PO22 6DW
Received 3 Dec 2018Norfolk Arms Hotel 22 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 17 Mar 2022White Lodge Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QR
Received 6 Nov 2018St Marys Close Hurst Road Rustington BN16 3AP
Received 6 Aug 20182 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 10 Nov 20174A Lansdowne House The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 1TR
Received 30 Jan 20193 Cheveley Gardens Aldwick PO21 4NF
Received 14 Jun 2018Land West of Pagham Road Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 28 Sept 202625 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SY
Received 5 Oct 2021Car Park At The Fox Inn Waterloo Road Felpham PO22 7EH
Received 4 Feb 20268 Manor Close Felpham West Sussex PO22 7PN
Received 12 Nov 201911 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QD
Received 2 Jul 2019Outbuildings at Decoy Barn Decoy Lane Angmering BN18 9QA
Received 7 May 202112 Mons Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5JN
Received 12 Jun 2026Fairview Nyton Road Aldingbourne Chichester PO20 3UA
Received 9 Feb 201961 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BQ
Received 28 Sept 20184 Heathfield Avenue East Preston BN16 1AL
Received 23 May 2019Land West of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 13 Jul 201823 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 1 Sept 202110 Dukes Meadow Pagham PO21 3PJ
Received 20 Jul 202140 Minton Road Felpham PO22 7JN
Received 15 Apr 20207 Homefield Avenue Felpham PO22 6AN
Received 21 Dec 2020Records 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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