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.
11,735 approved · 1,529 refused · 685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Coastal Road East Preston BN16 1SJ
Received 30 Oct 2018High Gables 3 The Fairway Aldwick PO21 4EL
Received 29 Apr 2014Peach Cottage The Street Walberton BN18 0PQ
Received 5 Jul 2019Ferring Grange Ferring Grange Gardens Ferring BN12 5HS
Received 21 Jul 2021Nutwood 5 Selhurst Close East Preston BN16 2SR
Received 1 Oct 2020279-285A Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AH
Received 17 May 2021Land at Barn Farm Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 27 Jul 2017Land West of Westergate Street & East of Hook Lane Westergate PO20 3TE
Received 29 Sept 2016Crown Yard, Crown House River Road Arundel BN18 9JW
Received 1 Jun 201831 Nelson Road Bognor Regis PO21 2RY
Received 2 Mar 201522 Raleigh Road Rose Green Bognor Regis PO21 3NA
Received 20 Nov 2020Fairmeads Farm Binsted Lane Arundel BN18 0LQ
Received 1 Dec 20179 Broadmark Avenue Rustington BN16 2HQ
Received 7 Feb 2018Land between Rose Green Road and Pagham Road Aldwick PO21 3EG
Received 6 May 201543 Beach Crescent Littlehampton BN17 5NT
Received 17 Apr 2020Kwik Fit Unit 7 Southern Cross Trading Estate Oldlands Way, Bersted Bognor Regis PO22 9SA
Received 8 Oct 2014Beachcroft Hotel Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 16 Jun 2021Arundel Vineyard Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 10 Apr 20188 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QF
Received 22 Jan 2018Beachcroft Hotel Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 11 Mar 202112 Lucerne Court Bognor Regis PO21 4XL
Received 18 Mar 2014Bonhams Field Main Road Yapton BN18 0DX
Received 25 Feb 2022Avenals Barn Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EP
Received 22 Feb 2017The Well House Climping Street Climping BN17 5RQ
Received 12 Mar 2019Records 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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