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.
11,841 approved · 1,556 refused · 691 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1EW
Received 19 Aug 2020Brome 104 Middleton Road Middleton On Sea
Received 12 Oct 201768 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 4 Mar 2020Glebe House Church Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TT
Received 30 Sept 2020Land adjacent Little Warwick Barnham Road Eastergate Chichester
Received 19 Jan 2026The Farm 39 East Street Littlehampton BN17 6AU
Received 9 Dec 2021Woodlands Park House Woodlands Park Main Road Yapton BN18 0EZ
Received 30 Sept 2020161 Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6QD
Received 15 Mar 2019The Bungalow Station Road Rustington BN16 3BA
Received 31 Mar 202545 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DS
Received 4 Sept 20175 The Cottrells Angmering BN16 4AF
Received 2 May 202278 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AQ
Received 28 Feb 2020Land at the corner of Nyton Road and Church Lane, Eastergate and Wall of the Co-Op, The Square, Barnham
Received 2 Feb 2015Avenals Barn Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EP
Received 22 Aug 20171 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 5 Aug 202025 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BZ
Received 5 Feb 202614 Goodwood Avenue Felpham PO22 8EH
Received 24 Mar 2015Ariston Water Lane Angmering BN16 4EJ
Received 21 Aug 20206 Garden Court Aldwick PO21 4XW
Received 20 Aug 201837 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HX
Received 27 Feb 201514 Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1AZ
Received 30 Jun 2015The Old Mill House Station Road Angmering BN16 4HY
Received 1 May 2020St Marys Churchyard Walberton BN18 0PT
Received 8 Oct 2019Unit 3 Bognor Regis Retail Park Shirpney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9TR
Received 26 Jun 2015Records 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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