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.
10,223 approved · 1,276 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land adjacent to the Croft Practice Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP
Received 8 Jul 201699 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AF
Received 12 Feb 202663 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JA
Received 2 Aug 2017Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 9 Jul 20219 Telgarth Road Ferring BN12 5PX
Received 18 Aug 20211 Abercorn Walk Old Rectory Drive Eastergate PO20 3XE
Received 1 Jun 20213 Lavender Court 38 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LX
Received 29 Jan 201914 Margaret Close Aldwick PO21 3AA
Received 17 Mar 2017Old Lyminster House Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 4 Mar 20216 Boleyn Drive Pahgam PO21 5LG
Received 22 Feb 2022St Mary's Church Church Road Aldingbourne
Received 16 Jul 201559 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HJ
Received 1 Feb 2018The Conservative Club 41 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN
Received 15 Oct 202533 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HR
Received 1 Jul 2015Mildmay Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 13 Jan 20224 Penfolds Place Arundel BN18 9SA
Received 28 Apr 2021White Lodge Florida Road Ferring BN12 5PE
Received 26 Mar 202118 Old Point Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RY
Received 3 Aug 2020Land at Elmer Road Bognor Regis PO22 6DZ
Received 9 Jun 201514 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 16 Dec 202531 The Layne Elmer Middleton-on-sea PO22 6JL
Received 18 Sept 202620 Manor Park Pagham PO21 3JS
Received 23 Aug 201950 Southdean Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TH
Received 16 Jul 2020Shell Filling Station Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SB
Received 9 Feb 2018Records 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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