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.
10,490 approved · 1,325 refused · 607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Bereweeke Road Felpham PO22 7EG
Received 8 Aug 20211 Homing Gardens Bersted West Sussex PO22 9AJ
Received 13 Mar 2020St Marys Roman Catholic School Glamis Street Bognor Regis PO21 1DJ
Received 21 Jan 20211 Wallace Road Rustington BN16 3JZ
Received 10 May 2021116 Bluebell Drive Littlehampton BN17 6UU
Received 12 Oct 2021253-255 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QB
Received 17 Aug 2021Aldingbourne Primary School Westergate Street Westergate PO20 3QR
Received 18 Feb 201920 Goda Road Littlehampton BN17 6AS
Received 28 Apr 20198 Flansham Park Flansham PO22 6QD
Received 18 Oct 201923 West Avenue Aldwick PO21 3QP
Received 2 Aug 2026Land at Electricity Sub Station Ford Road Arundel BN18 9DX
Received 13 Aug 2019Lidl Phase 1A Oldlands Farm Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 24 Dec 2020Rose Cottage Dairy Lane Walberton BN18 0PT
Received 26 Feb 202653 Andrew Avenue Felpham PO22 7QD
Received 5 Feb 2021Whitegates 276 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QH
Received 19 Jul 20183 Elm Farm Cottages Old Manor Road Rustington BN16 3FD
Received 18 Jun 20181 Orchard Place Arundel BN18 9BP
Received 12 Apr 201714A Gloucester Road Littlehampton BN17 7BT
Received 20 Jan 2020BCMY 1 Fort Road Wick Littlehampton BN17 7QU
Received 9 Jul 202634 Nyetimber Crescent Pagham PO21 3NN
Received 3 Feb 201736 - 38 Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5BH
Received 18 Mar 202120 Holly Drive Littlehampton BN17 6LB
Received 27 Feb 2019Mews House London Road Arundel BN18 9BH
Received 16 May 2022Glenmore Court, Flat 1 St Winefrides Road Littlehampton BN17 5LY
Received 19 Nov 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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