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.
11,617 approved · 1,512 refused · 673 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4 Summerhill Close Felpham PO22 6AU
Received 13 May 2021Former St Michaels and all Angels Church Queens Fields East Aldwick PO21 5RN
Received 17 Apr 2014Flint Barn Peak Lane Kingston BN16 1RN
Received 18 May 20225 Weavers Hill Angmering BN16 4BP
Received 20 May 2022Vedley 18 The Nookery East Preston BN16 1PT
Received 28 Apr 2017Cheriton Barnham Lane Walberton BN18 0AZ
Received 23 Sept 201563 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4DE
Received 7 Apr 202212 Marlborough Court Aldwick PO21 5QJ
Received 15 Dec 2021Thomas A Beckett Cottage 2 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 27 Jul 2020Troy House East 83 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DN
Received 29 May 2014Manor House Park Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TJ
Received 7 May 20155 Norfolk Place Littlehampton BN17 5PD
Received 26 Mar 201865 Upper Bognor Road (Charlotte House 71 & 71A Upper Bognor Road, 67 & 69 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 19 Dec 201910 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 29 Jul 20266-7 Lansdowne House The Esplanade Bognor Regis PO21 1TR
Received 2 Sept 2026131 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HL
Received 5 Sept 2017Littlehampton Caravan Park Mill Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PH
Received 8 Jul 2026Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 4 Apr 2022123 Roundstone Drive East Preston BN16 1EN
Received 17 Feb 202057 Kendal Close Littlehampton BN17 6SZ
Received 19 May 2017Pied a Terre Ferring Street BN12 5JW
Received 18 Sept 201812A and 12B Ivydale Road Bognor Regis PO21 5LX
Received 29 Apr 2020Littlehampton Swimming & Sports Centre Sea Road Littlehampton BN16 2NA
Received 14 Feb 2017128A Orchard Way Bognor Regis
Received 24 May 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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