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.
12,306 approved · 1,638 refused · 725 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 East Front Road Pagham PO21 4SU
Received 23 Oct 202037 Hillsboro Road Bognor Regis PO21 2DX
Received 4 Feb 202011 Courtwick Road Littlehampton BN17 7NE
Received 11 Nov 20256 Walders Road Rustington BN16 3PE
Received 28 Sept 202655 Mallon Dene Rustington BN16 2JR
Received 23 Jun 2015Fort Road Garage Fort Road East Wick Littlehampton BN17 7QZ
Received 20 May 2014Garage Premises Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PB
Received 11 Jul 2019Dawn Cottage 44 Pagham Road Pagham PO21 4NP
Received 5 May 202614 Windmill Drive Rustington BN16 3HJ
Received 21 May 2018Rustington Methodist Church & between Rustington Methodist Church & Dental Practice
Received 29 Mar 2019Land at Oldlands Farm Newlands Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 6 Aug 20254 Osprey Gardens Bersted PO22 9QG
Received 28 Dec 201990 Harbour View Road Pagham PO21 4RH
Received 7 May 2019Land North of Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton
Received 18 May 2026Land R/O 12 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2BZ
Received 18 Jan 201818 Columbine Way Littlehampton BN17 6UX
Received 17 Dec 201432 Normans Drive Felpham PO22 8LW
Received 4 Apr 20224 Florida Close Ferring BN12 5PF
Received 26 May 20217 Little Drive Ferring BN12 5RF
Received 22 Oct 20201 Beach Road Pagham PO21 4SX
Received 4 Sept 2014Ham Manor Cottage Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 6 Aug 2015Rookery Park New Barn Lane North Bersted PO21 5DN
Received 29 Oct 2021Amballa Golden Acre East Preston BN16 1QP
Received 10 Jun 20142 Lakers Cottage North End Road Yapton BN18 0DL
Received 8 Feb 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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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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