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.
11,308 approved · 1,455 refused · 651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Maltravers Street Arundel BN18 9BQ
Received 10 Feb 2015Nyton Rest Nyton Farm Shop Nyton Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TU
Received 29 Jul 20202 Hobbs Way Rustington BN16 2QU
Received 28 Jan 2026Land adj to 2 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AD
Received 8 Dec 201665-71 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 2 Nov 20218 Canal Road Yapton BN18 0HA
Received 3 Jul 2017Westholme Nursery Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PP
Received 22 Jul 202610 Norman Close Littlehampton BN17 6BY
Received 15 Jun 2020Church Farm House Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 15 Jan 2020Land adj to 65B Gravits Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5LW
Received 18 Aug 2014Harcourt West Drive Angmering BN16 4JE
Received 2 Sept 2020Yapton Metal Company Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HP
Received 11 May 201511 Hunters Close Aldwick PO21 5HR
Received 4 Jul 20182 Central Avenue Rustington BN16 2HG
Received 29 Nov 2020Land associated with Rookery Farm North of A259 Felpham PO22 8NN
Received 1 Jul 20156 Selborne Place Selborne Road Littlehampton BN17 5NH
Received 29 Jun 202097 Barnham Road Eastergate PO22 0EQ
Received 14 Jun 201722 South Walk Middleton-on-sea PO22 7RN
Received 10 Dec 202525 Sea Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 24 Dec 20187 St Nicholas Lane Middleton on Sea PO22 7SY
Received 6 Dec 2018Land West of Fontwell Avenue 1 Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 30 Jun 2021159 Worthing Road Rustington BN16 3PR
Received 9 Sept 2019Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 9 Jul 202177 Hillsboro Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DY
Received 5 Oct 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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