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.
10,968 approved · 1,394 refused · 630 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
22 Ruston Park Rustington BN16 2AD
Received 28 Jan 20151 Westmorland Drive Felpham West Sussex PO22 8LX
Received 3 Apr 2018Culver Cottage 37 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis PO21 2LN
Received 4 Oct 20204 Worcester Close Aldwick PO21 5QZ
Received 2 Nov 2020209 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QD
Received 29 Apr 202044 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 11 Dec 2017Lyndon Lodge North Drive Angmering BN16 4JJ
Received 17 May 2019Fleurie Lake Lane (former Star Plants Nursery) Lake Lane Barnham PO20 0AL
Received 20 Oct 20206 Gospond Road Barnham PO22 0EU
Received 5 Nov 201427 Sea Lane Pagham PO21 4UN
Received 1 Sept 20142 Manor Park Pagham PO213JS
Received 28 Jan 20264 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 22 May 2019Longacre Maypole Lane Yapton BN18 0DR
Received 19 Feb 2015Kents Yard Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QT
Received 7 Oct 2019Land adjacent to Shell Garage Worthing Road Littlehampton
Received 15 Jan 20181 West Drive Aldwick PO21 4LZ
Received 9 Aug 201935 Churchill AVenue West Meads PO21 5PY
Received 27 Jun 2019Mayflower Way Angmering BN16 4AY
Received 23 Aug 2021Red Cottage The Street Walberton BN8 0PQ
Received 2 Feb 2017Walberton House, The Annexe The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 8 Apr 201917 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 29 Apr 2019Breeze Belmont Street Bognor Regis PO21 1LE
Received 19 Nov 20195 Kenney Drive Littlehampton BN17 7TA
Received 27 Aug 2026Elm Cottage Dairy Lane Walberton BN18 0PT
Received 5 Apr 2019Records 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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