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.
12,420 approved · 1,655 refused · 742 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 East Ham Road Littlehampton BN17 7BQ
Received 5 May 20158 Merton Close Aldwick PO21 5SQ
Received 4 Nov 202034 Central Avenue Bersted West Sussex PO21 5HH
Received 27 Mar 201736 Old Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1DZ
Received 5 Oct 20218 Southview Road Felpham PO22 7JA
Received 7 Mar 202240 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 26 Mar 2021Chandos Elm Grove Bognor Regis PO21 2SW
Received 10 Jun 2021Little Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham
Received 15 Oct 20216 The Loop Felpham PO22 7ND
Received 9 Apr 202115 Bucksham Avenue North Bersted Bognor Regis
Received 16 Aug 2018Land rear of Paynters Croft Burndell Road Yapton BN18 0HR
Received 26 Mar 2021172 Fitzalan Road Arundel BN18 9
Received 2 Feb 2022Former Bartons County Infants School Romney Broadwalk Bersted PO22 9BH
Received 24 Nov 202536 Gossamer Lane Aldwick PO21 3BY
Received 30 Jun 202133 Grange Court Aldwick PO21 4XR
Received 3 Sept 2021West House 151 Barrack Lane Aldwick PO21 4ED
Received 2 Sept 2020Land North of Hook Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8AZ
Received 5 May 202245 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RU
Received 29 Aug 202536 St Marys Close Littlehampton BN17 5QE
Received 2 Jun 2017The Old Barn Northfields Lane Westergate PO20 3UH
Received 17 May 20223 Westloats Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5LG
Received 16 Nov 2018Middleton House Yapton Road Middleton PO22 6DU
Received 31 Oct 20187 Central Drive Middleton-on-Sea PO22 7TT
Received 14 Dec 2021172A Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3QD
Received 21 Aug 2014Records 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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