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.
10,132 approved · 1,264 refused · 578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 Manor Retail Park Land south of A259 and West of Mill Lane Rustington Angmering BN16 3FH
Received 11 Sept 201540 Mill Road Avenue Angmering West Sussex BN16 4NG
Received 3 Apr 201719A Front Row Beach Hut The Strand Ferring BN12 5QX
Received 2 Jan 20261 Town Quay River Road Arundel BN18 9DF
Received 9 Oct 20173-4 Selborne Place Selborne Road Littlehampton BN17 5NH
Received 12 Jul 2021Sefter Cottage Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 25 May 20153 Sandy Road Pagham PO21 4SP
Received 19 Jul 201724 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 29 Aug 2017Grove House Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 14 Mar 201820 Flansham Lane Bognor Regis PO22 6AB
Received 4 Jan 2019Magnolia Cottage Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RZ
Received 21 Jan 2021123 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AE
Received 19 Dec 201855 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9JP
Received 5 Jul 2021The Royal Norfolk Hotel The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 2LH
Received 22 Oct 2025The Coop The Parade Pagham PO21 4TW
Received 30 Jan 201910 Oval Waye Ferring BN12 5RA
Received 9 Oct 2019Easter Cottage Aldwick Street Aldwick PO21 3AW
Received 18 Jun 2026Pavement outside Poundland 36-38 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 26 May 2026Little Hazels Yapton Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DT
Received 7 Apr 2019St Johns Priory Poling Street Poling BN18 9PS
Received 23 Apr 20266 Manor Copse The Grove Felpham PO22 7AT
Received 14 May 201529 Selsey Avenue Aldwick PO21 2QZ
Received 1 Jul 20214 Thatchway Close Littlehampton BN17 7HQ
Received 19 Jul 2017Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 2 Jun 2026Records 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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