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.
10,302 approved · 1,295 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 22 Oct 202183 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2NW
Received 16 Mar 2021WSCC Highway verge Outside 3 Lucerne Court Aldwick PO21 4XL
Received 16 Mar 2015Quiet Waters Roundstone Lane Angmering BN16 4AX
Received 23 May 20186 Genoa Close Littlehampton BN17 6SE
Received 8 Oct 2020Arundel Gate Ford Road Arundel
Received 5 Feb 2026Land West Of Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 14 Jun 201726 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington
Received 28 Sept 202149 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3SP
Received 23 Mar 202147 Sea Lane East Preston BN16 1NE
Received 28 Aug 2020The Crickets Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NT
Received 30 Jul 202141 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JS
Received 1 Dec 2020Land North of Sefter Road & 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 14 May 2026Rustington Parish Church Hall 77 The Street Rustington BN16 3NL
Received 3 May 2017Jonathon Cottage Church Road YAPTON BN18 0ER
Received 13 Apr 2017Brookside Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BS
Received 17 Nov 202026 Elm Park Ferring BN12 5RW
Received 17 Jul 2018Nursery Fields Land to the North of Chalcraft Lane West Bersted PO21 5TS
Received 27 May 202131 Rife Way Felpham PO22 7BN
Received 25 Jan 20179 Tithe Barn Close Aldwick PO21 4EY
Received 22 Jan 2019Land to the West of Church Lane and South of Horsemere Green Lane Climping
Received 24 Apr 2026Land North of Sefter Road & 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 13 Apr 2022Lion Cottage 57 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 25 Apr 2019Russet Cottage Highground Orchard Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 18 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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