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.
11,760 approved · 1,533 refused · 685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aronel Cottage Nursing Home 5-11 Highfield Road Bognor Regis PO22 8BQ
Received 14 May 2021Panorama Golden Acre Kingston BN16 1QP
Received 16 May 20175 Camelia Close Littlehampton BN17 6UT
Received 28 Jun 2017Holly Tree Pub Walberton
Received 15 Aug 2014Rosewood 7A The Crescent Felpham PO22 7HB
Received 24 Feb 2014Oban House 9-11 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO21 2RH
Received 29 Apr 20141 Chestnut Cottages 37 The Street Rustington BN16 3NU
Received 7 Apr 2026Land at Asda Superstore Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 18 May 2018Land off Canal Mews Canal Mews Barnham PO22 0DP
Received 18 Nov 202122 Felpham Way Felpham PO22 8QT
Received 23 Jul 201718 Belloc Road Littlehampton BN17 7EZ
Received 6 Jan 201513 Newtown Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5HS
Received 28 May 2014Paddock House 44 Ferringham Lane Ferring BN12 5LU
Received 13 Feb 202049 Horsham Road Littlehampton BN17 6DB
Received 10 Dec 2019Fitzalan Link Road Littlehampton
Received 20 Dec 20172 Apple Grove Aldwick PO21 4NB
Received 23 Sept 20256 Selborne Place Selborne Road Littlehampton BN17 5NH
Received 21 Sept 2020Land East of Roundstone Lane Angmering
Received 10 Sept 201499 Hook Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AT
Received 30 Apr 201449 Pulborough Way Felpham PO22 6QR
Received 24 Feb 2020109 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QT
Received 27 May 20211 Fishermans Walk Aldwick PO21 4BU
Received 26 Jul 2015Midholme Sea Lane Close East Preston BN16 1ST
Received 24 Apr 2014Wood Design Workshops Roundstone Bypass Angmering BN16 4BD
Received 7 Mar 2018Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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