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.
14,595 approved · 2,038 refused · 857 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Church Cottages Tortington Lane Arundel BN18 0BG
Received 10 May 202111 Ruston Park Rustington BN162AD
Received 27 Jul 201799 Middleton Road Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6DW
Received 13 Nov 201761 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DJ
Received 21 Nov 2011Land off Burndell Road Yapton
Received 29 Nov 2018The Old Barn Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LL
Received 3 Sept 2012The White House 24 Kingsway Bognor Regis PO21 4DH
Received 21 Feb 20128 Meadow Way Aldwick PO21 4HG
Received 8 Jun 2018Land South of Barnham Station Barnham
Received 22 Oct 2025Barnham Windmill Yapton Barnham PO22 0BD
Received 4 Jan 2011Land West Of Ryefield Farmhouse Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 22 May 2026Land at LEC site Shripney Road Bognor Regis P022 9NQ
Received 23 May 20122 School Close Aldingbourne PO20 3AB
Received 27 Jan 20189 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QJ
Received 18 May 201739 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5NB
Received 18 Jul 2013Ty Gwyn The Avenals Angmering BN16 4AN
Received 15 Aug 2019Lower Farm Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 27 Aug 2021Copsefield Eastergatre Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 13 Oct 20193 Apple Grove Bognor Regis PO21 4NB
Received 5 Sept 2012Land adjacent to 19 Angmering Lane Rustington BN16 2TA
Received 9 Nov 201443 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 10 Jan 20208 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NL
Received 7 Mar 201450 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 3 Feb 20152 Condor Mews Littlehampton BN17 7RE
Received 16 Jul 2012Records 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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