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.
11,252 approved · 1,439 refused · 649 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Bond Street Arundel BN18 9BL
Received 26 Mar 201932 Henry Avenue Rustington BN16 2PA
Received 17 May 202217 Drake Park Felpham PO22 7QG
Received 25 Jul 2017Travelodge Arundel Road Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SB
Received 25 Jan 2021Old Bank House 3 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 11 Apr 2021Garage compound at Dukes Meadow Pagham PO21 3PS
Received 16 Jun 202020 Fairway Littlehampton BN17 6PY
Received 14 Jul 2026Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AF
Received 9 Jun 202023 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8PT
Received 6 Jan 202256 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 14 Oct 2020Merry England Nursery Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 24 Sept 2019Land North of Toddington Lane east of southern section of proposed By pass and west of Parcels B3 and B5 Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 30 Mar 201523 Amberley Road Rustington BN16 2EF
Received 30 Jan 201916 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 21 Jun 202145 Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3ES
Received 9 Apr 20183 The Bramblings Rustington BN16 2DA
Received 1 Jun 2015Phase 1 - Land off Arundel Road Angmering
Received 7 Mar 2022Sunny Cottage The Thatchway Rustington BN16 2BN
Received 13 Dec 2017Pebble Bay 54 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DN
Received 18 May 202144 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 13 Feb 201937 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HF
Received 4 Feb 202670A Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 7 Nov 202040 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 4 Jun 201912 Meadway Rustington BN16 2DD
Received 1 Jun 2021Records 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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