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.
12,020 approved · 1,587 refused · 713 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Paddocks Barnham PO22 0HU
Received 18 Jul 2019Land To North And South Of Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 5 May 2021Land r/o 16 Grangefield Way & Land r/o 24 & 28 Wychwood Close Aldwick
Received 23 Nov 20183 Grangefield Way Aldwick PO21 4EG
Received 20 Jan 2026Onslow Caravan Park Onslow Drive Ferring BN12 5RX
Received 15 Mar 2018Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 20 Feb 2025Southern Allotments Hampton Park Littlehampton
Received 18 May 202679 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QU
Received 23 Sept 202672 The Fairway Aldwick Bay Estate PO21 4HE
Received 28 Jan 2015200 Arundel Road Angmering BN16 4ES
Received 31 Oct 201837 Lane End Road Ancton Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6LT
Received 11 Apr 201526 Hedge End Barnham PO22 0JP
Received 20 Feb 2026Windroos Nursery Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LY
Received 1 Dec 202091 Crossbush Road Felpham PO22 7NA
Received 21 Apr 20212 Cheal Way Littlehampton BN17 6FL
Received 27 Mar 201846 Seafield Road Rustington BN16 2JQ
Received 16 Jun 201414 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QJ
Received 22 Feb 202252 Silver Birch Drive Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6SJ
Received 19 Mar 2018Inglecroft Nursery Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 6JU
Received 23 Jul 202091 The Fairway Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4EW
Received 29 Jul 2026Hascombe 33 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TE
Received 11 Sept 2015Ferring Country Centre And Riding Stables Rife Way Ferring BN12 5JZ
Received 18 Oct 2021Wicks Farm Ford Lane Ford BN18 0DF
Received 1 May 2017Stable Cottage Park Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TJ
Received 6 May 2020Records 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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