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.
11,714 approved · 1,526 refused · 677 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 3 Aug 202031 Pearson Road Arundel BN18 9HP
Received 7 Nov 201827 Selsey Avenue Aldwick PO21 2QZ
Received 17 Nov 2025Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted Bognor Regis
Received 13 Jul 2018217 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 29 Mar 202678 Addison Way Bersted PO22 9HZ
Received 22 May 201822 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5HT
Received 29 Sept 201761A Roundstone Crescent East Preston BN16 1DQ
Received 30 Sept 20206 Nash Way Walberton BN18 0QQ
Received 12 Aug 20151 Westminster Drive Aldwick PO21 3RA
Received 25 Aug 202041 Angmering Way Rustington BN16 3RA
Received 18 Nov 2019Flat 2, Barton Manor Barton Close Pagham PO21 4FH
Received 2 Nov 2017Land lying to the South West of Ravens Way in Garage Compound Bognor Regis PO22 9ER
Received 27 Feb 201837 Hill Lane Barnham PO22 0BL
Received 5 Nov 201845 Fellows Gardens Yapton BN18 0HW
Received 4 Jul 2019Land Rear of 1 To 6 The Cottrells Angmering BN16 4AF
Received 26 Jan 2018Land North of Water Lane and South of A27 inclusive of Angmering Oval Raceway Angmering BN16 4EU
Received 27 May 202212 Tarrant Street Arundel BN18 9DG
Received 18 Nov 2014Kingston Manor Kingston Lane Kingston BN16 1RR
Received 8 Jun 2018Keys Florida Road Ferring BN12 5PE
Received 4 Oct 201914 Manor Close Felpham PO22 7PN
Received 17 Mar 201535 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 24 Apr 20151 - 4 Holm Oaks Land Adj to Northwood House Burndell Road Ford
Received 22 Aug 201754 Flansham Lane Felpham PO22 6AH
Received 25 Apr 2022Records 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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