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.
11,448 approved · 1,479 refused · 661 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Seaview Road East Preston BN16 1LX
Received 25 Jun 2015Lidsey Oil Site Lidsey Road Aldingbourne PO22 8NH
Received 15 Nov 201816 Queen Street Littlehampton BN17 6EP
Received 17 Aug 202147 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NU
Received 1 Feb 20184A North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AD
Received 19 May 201522 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HT
Received 15 Jun 2019Lidsey Barns, Tithe Barn Lidsey Road Bognor Regis PO22 9QS
Received 9 Sept 2021Clubhouse and Grounds Hampshire Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5JH
Received 28 Mar 201846 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6PX
Received 10 Aug 2014Bognor Regis Golf Club Downview Road Felpham PO22 8JD
Received 5 Feb 202035 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 30 Oct 201714 Bridger Close Felpham PO22 8FT
Received 8 Feb 2017St Denys Nursery Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4ED
Received 17 Feb 20158 Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NS
Received 7 Feb 2021Walker House 14 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 8 Jan 202136 Regis Avenue Aldwick PO21 4HJ
Received 15 Sept 2020Missione Vecchia Arundel Road Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SA
Received 13 Nov 2019Land to rear of Birchwood House Church Lane Barnham PO22 0DB
Received 24 Sept 20202 Conbar Avenue Rustington BN16 3LY
Received 16 Aug 201932 Grosvenor Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 3EZ
Received 24 Aug 20202 Ancton Drive Ancton Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6NA
Received 5 Apr 2021Mill Cottages Mill Lane Walberton BN18 0QE
Received 8 Jul 2026Local Centre and Phase 6b Hampton Park Littlehampton
Received 5 Dec 2025Land of former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Barnham
Received 7 Oct 2016Records 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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