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.
11,572 approved · 1,502 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bohnams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 8 Dec 2020Tyrone House Norton Lane Norton Aldingbourne PO20 3NH
Received 8 Jul 2020Kents Yard Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QT
Received 7 May 201966 Barrack Lane Bognor Regis PO21 4BL
Received 22 Sept 2014Ferring Country Centre Limited Rife Way Ferring BN12 5JZ
Received 14 Feb 2020Bognor Regis Community College Westloats Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5LH
Received 30 Apr 2014The Steddles North End Road Yapton BN18 0DT
Received 10 Mar 2022Land south of Ford Lane East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 29 Mar 202121 Butts Mead Wick Littlehampton BN17 6GP
Received 24 Aug 202096 Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3EQ
Received 31 Oct 2020Land at Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 11 Jun 201515 Hornbeam Avenue Angmering BN16 4PS
Received 1 Sept 20179 Colindale Road Ferring BN12 5JF
Received 27 Jul 202693 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7BQ
Received 4 Dec 201715 Critchmere Road Eastergate PO20 3XA
Received 16 Mar 20199 The Plantation East Preston BN16 1LD
Received 17 Mar 201927 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QF
Received 14 Sept 201510 Acre Field Land North of Grevatts Lane West Yapton
Received 18 May 202147 South Way Bersted PO21 5EY
Received 31 Aug 2021Land East of Tye Lane Walberton
Received 9 Mar 202016 Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1AZ
Received 23 Aug 20192 Woodford Villas High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 20 Jul 2014Land at Angels Nursery Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AY
Received 7 May 202631 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TJ
Received 19 Dec 2018Records 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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