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.
10,568 approved · 1,329 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Dingley Road Rustington BN16 3PY
Received 10 Jul 201731A - 33 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QD
Received 14 May 201967-69 Upper Bognor Road Bishop Otter Campus Bognor Regis
Received 1 Sept 2015Eric Wall Nursery Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 23 Dec 2020Kinrara House Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1RR
Received 16 Sept 2020Weavers Cottage Weavers Hill Angmering BN16 4BP
Received 7 Jun 2021Mistibeech 15 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 24 May 202132 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 17 Feb 201764 Armada Way Littlehampton BN17 6QY
Received 30 Jan 2018Land North of 7-12 Joyce Close Littlehampton BN17 7JG
Received 24 Nov 2016Stoneybrook Farm Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 19 Dec 202418 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4ES
Received 12 Sept 2017Conifers, Evergreens Level Mare Lane Fontwell PO20 3SA
Received 27 Jan 202011 Davenport Road Felpham PO22 7JR
Received 6 Apr 20229 Shirley Close Rustington BN16 2EG
Received 24 Oct 201712A River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 14 May 20181 Westergate Close Ferring BN12 5DB
Received 30 Apr 2018Winterton Lodge Goda Road Littlehampton BN17 6SY
Received 25 Mar 2021Sandcastles 32 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 13 Aug 2017The Royal Norfolk Hotel The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 2LH
Received 22 Oct 2025Land Rear of Lillies Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 28 Nov 2019Land West of Fontwell Avenue Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 28 Apr 2017Land rear of 1 Sea Drive Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 14 Mar 202210 Woodgate Close Woodgate Aldingbourne PO20 3TA
Received 15 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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