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.
10,343 approved · 1,304 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Tall Trees Angmering BN16 4AW
Received 13 Jan 2020The Cottage Piggeries Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 28 Mar 20196 Murrell Gardens Barnham PO22 0DF
Received 4 Jun 2018First Floor & Second Floor Offices 2-10 Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1QT
Received 26 Sept 201790-91 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5LJ
Received 19 May 2026Swan Guest House 17 Nyewood Lane Aldwick PO21 2QB
Received 2 Jun 2017Unit 1 5 Waterloo Square Bognor Regis PO21 1TE
Received 8 Oct 2014Lyminster Court Lyminster Road Lyminster Littlehampton BN17 7QF
Received 14 Jun 20191 Upper West Drive Ferring BN12 5RB
Received 31 Mar 20229 Dryad Way Felpham PO22 7RQ
Received 25 Jul 20185 Glenbarrie Way Ferring BN12 6PY
Received 14 Sept 202625 Stewards Rise Arundel BN18 9ER
Received 6 Dec 2018Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 17 Oct 201911 Heghbrok Way Aldwick PO21 2RF
Received 3 Mar 2015Thurlstone House 80 Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3PX
Received 26 Apr 2021Abergail Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 26 Nov 2020Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 27 Feb 2019Greensward South Of Car Park Beach Hut 37a South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 3 Jan 2019Yapton Level Crossing Yapton
Received 31 May 201840 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5HE
Received 25 Jan 2021Craven Cottage 20 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 19 Apr 2021Old Oak 25 Barnfield Cottages Wandleys Lane Walberton BN18 0QR
Received 23 Aug 2019The Elms 78 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AQ
Received 16 Jul 201971 Hazel Road Bersted PO22 9ED
Received 3 Mar 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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