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.
12,395 approved · 1,651 refused · 734 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land north of 258 & 260 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AX
Received 21 Oct 2013Land West of Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RU
Received 29 Apr 201843 Pevensey Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NY
Received 29 Nov 20203 Southdown Road Bognor Regis PO21 2JS
Received 7 Oct 2019Mead Cottage Climping Street Climping BN17 5RQ
Received 12 Nov 2025Land South of Summer Lane and West of Pagham Road Pagham
Received 2 Dec 2025Cinders Lane Nursery & works to R/O Cinders Lane Yapton BN18 0JJ
Received 25 Jan 2019Nyewood C of E Junior School Brent Road Bognor Regis PO21 5NW
Received 23 Dec 2013Clubhouse & Grounds Hampshire Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5JH
Received 28 Mar 20187 Cross Road Rustington BN16 2ST
Received 23 Jul 2014Babsham Business Centre Babsham Lane Bersted PO21 5EL
Received 21 Aug 2020University Of Chichester Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 22 Feb 2022The Glebe House Binsted Lane Binsted BN18 0LN
Received 4 Sept 20141-5 St Martins Lane Littlehampton BN17 6BS
Received 2 Feb 2026Land east of Tye Lane Walberton Arun
Received 19 Mar 201915 Howard Road Arundel BN18 9EL
Received 20 Jul 2020Mulberry View 31 West Front Road Pagham PO21 4SZ
Received 25 Nov 2020The Studio Cypress Way Aldwick PO21 4DF
Received 23 Oct 201834 The Drive Craigweil Bognor Regis
Received 7 Mar 20189B Waterloo Square Bognor Regis PO21 1TE
Received 10 Dec 2018Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Bognor Regis
Received 9 Mar 2018The William Hardwicke 12 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SR
Received 11 May 2020Orchard Lane Lyminster
Received 20 Feb 2018Annexe 1 First Avenue Felpham PO22 7LG
Received 24 May 2019Records 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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