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.
10,652 approved · 1,346 refused · 614 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Mill House Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 1 May 2020Arundel Cathedral London Road Arundel BN18 9AY
Received 23 May 20226 Wandleys Drive Eastergate PO20 3SP
Received 9 Aug 2019217 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 23 Apr 2019Pigeon House High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 13 Aug 201933 Longford Road Bognor Regis PO21 1AB
Received 6 May 2026Liseve Lodge 84 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 2 Sept 2020Land West of Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PY
Received 20 Aug 2026252 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UP
Received 2 Sept 20191 Tuscan Avenue Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7TD
Received 2 Dec 2019St Peters & St Pauls Church 77 The Street Rustington BN16 5NL
Received 3 Feb 2021Land Adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Aldingbourne PO20 3SU
Received 3 Mar 2026Bradlaw House 5 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1EJ
Received 11 Oct 2018Perranwell 6 Sea Way Middleton on Sea PO22 7SA
Received 31 Jan 2018Creston Honey Lane Angmering BN16 4AB
Received 13 Feb 201967 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PA
Received 30 Sept 2025Units 33-36 on Land at Lineside Industrial Estate Eldon Way Littlehampton BN17 7HE
Received 12 Aug 2021Willow Cottage Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UY
Received 12 Mar 2015107 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QT
Received 17 Oct 2025The Maypole Inn Maypole Lane Yapton BN18 0DP
Received 12 May 2020135 Nyetimber Lane Aldwick PO21 3HP
Received 5 Dec 2025Ferring Church of England Primary School Sea Lane Ferring BN12 5DU
Received 12 Jun 202025 Myrtle Grove East Preston BN16 2SW
Received 15 Feb 2019Bennington House High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 3 May 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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