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.
11,587 approved · 1,503 refused · 673 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8PD
Received 28 May 2020Land North of Toddington Lane Littlehampton
Received 7 Sept 2021Land off Burndell Road, Yapton Yapton
Received 21 Dec 2018Old Barn Nursery Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 30 Sept 201419 Leecroft Aldwick PO21 3SY
Received 8 Feb 2017First Floor Flat 5-7 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 28 Apr 202622 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0JH
Received 14 Nov 201412 Oriel Close Barnham PO22 0HN
Received 2 Nov 202111 Sea Way Middleton-on-Sea PO22 7RZ
Received 5 Jun 201538 Aldwick Gardens Aldwick PO21 3QL
Received 5 Nov 202018 Old Point Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RY
Received 25 Feb 2021Almond Cottage The Causeway Arundel BN18 9JL
Received 15 May 2015113 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4TB
Received 5 Nov 2025Panorama Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QP
Received 4 Feb 2026Flat 3 Claigmar Court Claigmar Road Rustington BN16 2NP
Received 4 May 201819 Priory Road Arundel BN18 9EJ
Received 29 Nov 2018Butlins Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JJ
Received 1 Oct 2021Barnham Court Church Lane Barnham PO22 0BP
Received 15 Jun 2020The Flint House 11 Irvine Road Littlehampton BN17 5LB
Received 12 Jul 202113 High Street Arundel BN18 9AD
Received 30 Nov 202054 Heathfield Avenue East Preston BN16 1AL
Received 11 Feb 202115 Leeward Road Littlehampton BN17 6PQ
Received 14 May 20201 St. Anthonys Way Rustington BN16 3EA
Received 7 Nov 2018Land adjacent to Shell Garage Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LE
Received 17 Jan 2017Records 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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