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.
11,738 approved · 1,530 refused · 685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
2 Graham Road Yapton BN18 0JT
Received 18 Dec 2025116 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2BG
Received 14 Jul 201539 Windward Close Littlehampton BN17 6QX
Received 11 Jun 2026Butlins Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1JJ
Received 8 Dec 2017172 Elmer Road Middleton
Received 23 May 201810 Boxgrove Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BB
Received 4 Apr 2022University of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 7 Dec 2016Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 26 Aug 2014Elm Cottage 82 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 26 Mar 201928 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2BY
Received 13 Aug 2019Hascombe 33 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 25 Apr 201828 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 19 Aug 2020Ferring Country Centre Rife Way Ferring
Received 22 Jun 201555 Cardinals Drive Pagham PO21 4QD
Received 5 Jan 202634 Cudlow Avenue Rustington BN16 2HF
Received 29 Jan 2014108 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7LP
Received 6 Jul 201516 Meadway Rustington BN16 2DD
Received 1 Jul 20195 Barbary Lane Ferring BN12 5JB
Received 23 Mar 2018The Aldingbourne Country Centre Blackmill Lane Aldingbourne West Sussex PO18 0JP
Received 7 May 2020Pebble Beach Strange Garden Aldwick PO21 4AL
Received 18 Oct 20219 Nuffield Close Bognor Regis PO21 5RA
Received 4 Mar 2014The Studio Waverley Road Rustington BN16 2BZ
Received 6 Mar 2015Nyewood House 182 Hawthorn Road Bognor Regis PO21 2UY
Received 10 Jul 201570 The Fairway Bognor Regis PO21 4HE
Received 26 Feb 2014Records 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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