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.
10,272 approved · 1,288 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Atherington Lodge Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 18 Feb 201833 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 10 Apr 2018St Helier Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 28 Oct 20194 Ledbury Way Pagham PO21 3JP
Received 11 Dec 202091 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QT
Received 16 Mar 20266 Park Place Arundel BN18 9BE
Received 25 Jun 2026Nyton Farm Cottage / The Gables Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UL
Received 9 Aug 2019Tall Trees Church Road Yapton BN18 0EJ
Received 30 Nov 201877 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BQ
Received 22 Aug 2017Land west of New Barn Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5DN
Received 9 Nov 2020119 Manor Way Aldwick Bay Estate Bognor Regis PO21 4HN
Received 2 Oct 2020133 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 2NY
Received 8 Jan 2015Scorton, 9 Lime Tree Close 9 Lime Tree Close East Preston BN16 1JA
Received 5 Apr 2018Apple Tree Montpelier Road East Preston BN16 1JY
Received 26 Jun 201951 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RE
Received 14 Jul 202020 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QE
Received 22 Jul 201940 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DL
Received 6 Sept 201717 Ernest Fitches Way Littlehampton BN17 7EP
Received 5 May 202611 Pigeonhouse Lane Rustington BN16 2AY
Received 13 Nov 2019Walberton Baptist Church The Street Walberton BN18 0PG
Received 26 Jul 2017Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 31 Mar 20213 Regis Avenue Aldwick PO21 4HQ
Received 1 Feb 201874 Hook Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AR
Received 5 Apr 2020North Choller Farm Barnham Lane Walberton BN18 0AX
Received 12 Aug 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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