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.
9,317 approved · 1,141 refused · 545 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 The Layne Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JL
Received 31 Dec 202074 Priestley Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6RR
Received 7 Mar 2019Land Adjacent 18 Queens Lane Arundel BN18 9JN
Received 14 May 2025Roundabout 5 Sea Close Elmer PO22 7RU
Received 9 Nov 201719 South View East Preston BN16 1PX
Received 24 Jul 20207 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EJ
Received 13 Feb 2019Land Southwest of Drove Lane Farm Yapton
Received 12 Dec 2019Land North of Roundstone Bypass (A259) Angmering BN16 4BD
Received 17 Jul 201723 Olliver Acre Wick Littlehampton BN17 6FD
Received 5 Sept 2019Smugglers 4 Botany Close Rustington BN16 2BH
Received 30 Mar 202045 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HH
Received 21 Mar 2019North Littlehampton Strategic Development Site Land West of Toddington Park, Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 30 Aug 2017The Gatehouse Lidsey Road Aldingbourne
Received 30 Jan 2017Sea Lane Cottage 258 Goring Way Ferring BN12 5BZ
Received 1 Jun 202015 North Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7AR
Received 25 Jul 2019Land adjacent to The Gun Post Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 29 May 2019Land at Arundel Road/A27 Angmering BN164EU
Received 12 Jan 2018137 The Street Rustington BN16 3BN
Received 11 Apr 2017131 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HL
Received 22 Jun 2017Field Place Nyton Road Aldingbourne PO20 3UA
Received 14 Sept 2021Wrongly parished 8 South Drive Felpham PO22 7PZ
Received 15 Jun 2021The Hatters Inn 2-8 Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1QT
Received 4 Jul 2019Blackbirds North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AH
Received 9 Jan 2021Tars Farm Land at Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 30 Nov 2021Records 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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