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.
10,994 approved · 1,397 refused · 630 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land at Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DG
Received 18 May 2017Coda Florida Road Ferring BN12 5PE
Received 4 Aug 201722 London Road Bognor Regis PO21 1PY
Received 19 Mar 2018Land at Heath Place Bersted PO22 9SL
Received 4 Sept 20256A Roundle Road Felpham PO22 8NL
Received 28 Jul 2014Myrtle Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 31 Aug 2021Woodland area to front of 1 West Preston Manor Preston Paddock BN16 2AF
Received 30 May 2019Mutiny Bay 11 Derwent Grove Felpham PO22 8NE
Received 3 Feb 20214 Cissbury Road Ferring BN12 6QJ
Received 29 Oct 20184 Admiralty Gardens Felpham PO22 7DP
Received 7 Oct 2026Ashgrove West Walberton Lane Walberton BN18 0QS
Received 25 Feb 20191 Croft Way Felpham PO22 6AP
Received 6 Aug 2026Mewsbrook House 59 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 28 May 2026Littlehampton Southern Allotments land west of Holly Drive Littlehampton
Received 26 Sept 202534 The Poplars Littlehampton BN17 6GZ
Received 7 Jul 201511 Follett Close Aldwick PO21 4XH
Received 8 Mar 2022The Rookery North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AH
Received 29 May 202248 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QD
Received 22 Apr 2022Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 14 Jul 2021The Old Cottage Kingston Lane East Preston BN16 1RS
Received 6 Oct 2014Land at Oldlands Farm Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 23 Jun 2015Marathon 44 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TQ
Received 11 Jul 20172 Greenways Crescent Ferring BN12 5EF
Received 5 Mar 2020Copperfield Old Rectory Drive Eastergate PO20 3XH
Received 21 Mar 2022Records 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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