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.
10,459 approved · 1,321 refused · 602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Oldlands Way Bersted PO22 9SE
Received 1 Sept 201556-57 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LP
Received 24 Jul 201711 Chawkmare Coppice Aldwick PO21 3BU
Received 29 Jul 2018226 Manor Way Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4HS
Received 4 Apr 2018Land at Bilsham Road Yapton
Received 21 Mar 2022Broomhurst Farm Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QW
Received 10 Feb 201717 Canal Road Yapton BN18 0HD
Received 20 Jan 202011 Highland Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2BJ
Received 12 Apr 2022Land to the rear of 95-99 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AF
Received 30 Jan 2017Land off Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ET
Received 30 Mar 2022Mayfield Cottage 47 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RG
Received 5 Apr 2019253 Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 5 Jul 201937 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2HH
Received 27 Jun 202140 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 26 Nov 202016 Esher Drive Littlehampton BN17 6AA
Received 4 Dec 2019Lyminster House Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 26 Feb 20184 Seabrook Close Aldwick PO21 3UT
Received 24 Jun 201521 Clover Lane Ferring BN12 5LZ
Received 5 Jan 2019Rustington Convalescent Home Sea Road Rustington BN16 2LZ
Received 14 Feb 201826 Greyfriars Close Aldwick PO21 5RH
Received 3 Dec 2025Arundel War Memorial and outside 5-7 High Street Arundel BN18 9AB
Received 9 Dec 2025Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 3 Feb 2019Lime Tree Cottage 43 The Street Rustington West Sussex BN16 3NU
Received 23 Aug 201811 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QJ
Received 16 Dec 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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