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.
11,651 approved · 1,517 refused · 676 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Oldlands Farm Newlands Road Bognor Regis PO22 9FJ
Received 29 Jun 20214 Cherry Close Aldwick PO21 3BA
Received 11 Jul 20178 Arun Way Aldwick PO21
Received 25 Jul 201719 Selborne Way East Preston BN16 2TG
Received 17 Sept 201556 Barrack Lane Bognor
Received 13 Oct 2014Lamb Inn 73 The Street Rustington BN16 3NU
Received 10 Apr 201814 Harsfold Road Rustington BN16 2QE
Received 28 Jun 2019Wickes Building Supplies Broad Piece Littlehampton BN17 5RA
Received 10 Mar 2017Qualitas 11 Barrack Lane Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4EJ
Received 11 May 2020Unit 5 Saltbox Shripney Road Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 8 Jul 20216 Elm Avenue East Preston BN16 1HJ
Received 22 Oct 2014Tahrah Maxwell Road Arundel BN18 9EU
Received 22 Mar 201745 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NU
Received 2 Oct 201816 Sea Way Middleton-on-sea PO22 7SA
Received 4 Feb 2026Unit 3 land at Saltbox West of Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NW
Received 18 Mar 2022Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 8 Aug 20141 Sea Drive Ferring BN12 5HD
Received 14 May 20218 Sutton Close Felpham PO22 8EY
Received 9 May 2017Land North of Sefter Road & 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 26 Mar 2026156 Littlehampton Road Ferring Street BN12 6PH
Received 23 Mar 2026Copsefield Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 14 Sept 2019Ferring Country Centre And Riding Stables Rife Way Ferring BN12 5JZ
Received 29 May 201938 Kingsway Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 4DL
Received 22 Jul 2021231 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis
Received 7 Aug 2015Records 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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