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.
12,344 approved · 1,644 refused · 729 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
135 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AG
Received 20 May 2019Court Wick Park Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PD
Received 18 Sept 20255 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 3AS
Received 4 Jun 202013 Sea Way Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JX
Received 29 Jan 2020Site 6 Chichester Road North Bersted
Received 18 Sept 201315 St Osmund Road Ferring BN12 5LA
Received 6 Aug 2014Land adjacent to Chuch Farm Barn Horsemere Green Lane Clymping BN17 5QX
Received 6 May 202023 Olivers Meadow Westergate PO20 3YA
Received 2 Jul 20212 Leverton Avenue Felpham PO22 7RA
Received 22 Jan 202130 Hawke Close Rustington BN16 2AT
Received 17 Mar 20229 Alleyne Way Elmer Middleton on Sea PO22 6JZ
Received 8 Apr 201922 Beach Road & 3 Evans Gardens Littlehampton BN17 5HT
Received 15 Feb 201729 Bedenscroft Aldwick PO21 3SD
Received 11 Sept 2013Black Horse Inn Climping Street Climping BN17 5RL
Received 24 Feb 2020Fleurs Et Neige 23 Michel Grove East Preston BN16 2SX
Received 23 Dec 20252 Croft Cottages Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LS
Received 6 Sept 2021Parcel 1B Kingley Gate Development Littlehampton
Received 23 Apr 201836 South Drive FELPHAM PO22 7PZ
Received 16 Mar 2017Kenwood Court 6 The Midway Felpham PO22 7EZ
Received 13 Nov 202033 Flansham Lane Felpham PO22 6AE
Received 1 May 201721 St Thomas Drive Pagham PO21 4UB
Received 27 Feb 202619 Cudlow Avenue Rustington BN16 2HE
Received 24 Jun 201950 Elm Park Ferring BN12 5RW
Received 18 Aug 202086 Sea Avenue Rustington BN16 2DL
Received 3 Dec 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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