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.
14,682 approved · 2,046 refused · 860 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Tesco Superstore Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9ND
Received 13 Feb 20192 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 3 Feb 2012Land South of Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 23 Apr 2020Verge outside 33 The Fairway Aldwick
Received 29 Jun 20266 Manor Road Rustington BN16 3QT
Received 26 May 2020Worcester House 3 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9AP
Received 24 Mar 20178 Shelley Road Bognor Regis PO21 2SL
Received 6 Oct 2011The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 16 Aug 202128 Countisbury Close Aldwick PO21 3QW
Received 1 Mar 2021The Coop The Parade Pagham PO21 4TW
Received 13 Sept 2018Bilsham Farm Bilsham Lane Bilsham Yapton BN18 0JX
Received 1 Oct 2021Pauls House 254 Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 27 Jan 20172 The Strand Ferring BN12 5QX
Received 25 Nov 2013Mayaro House Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TE
Received 26 Jun 201884 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PW
Received 17 Jan 2018Ametek Solartron Metrology 1 Steyning Way Bognor Regis PO22 9ST
Received 4 Oct 2012Land on the west bank of the River Arun Littlehampton
Received 5 Aug 2010Potato Barn Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RS
Received 14 Aug 202647 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HR
Received 3 Jun 201564 Chanctonbury Road Rustington BN16 2LS
Received 29 May 2019Sandgate House South Strand East Preston BN16 1PN
Received 14 Nov 2020Little Turrets 89 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4BX
Received 31 Jul 20124 Sea Way Middleton on Sea PO22 7SA
Received 2 Feb 20151 Balmoral Close Aldwick PO21 4PP
Received 23 Nov 2025Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage