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.
12,600 approved · 1,678 refused · 750 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street trees on Parklands, Rustington and Poplar Estates, Littlehampton
Received 4 Feb 2015Beverley Montpelier Road East Preston BN16 1JY
Received 1 Feb 202116 St Richards Drive Aldwick PO21 3BH
Received 23 Feb 201519 Nanson Lane Angmering BN16 4PL
Received 14 Aug 20184 Highcroft Crescent Bognor Regis PO22 8DH
Received 19 Mar 20196 Hinde Road Felpham PO22 7QJ
Received 26 Apr 2019Woodfield House Arundel Road Fontwell BN18 0SD
Received 10 Jul 202618 Oval Waye Ferring BN12 5RA
Received 4 Mar 201419 Rose Green Road Aldwick PO21 3EU
Received 23 Oct 201975 Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PB
Received 16 Oct 20132 The Orchard Aldwick PO21 4HX
Received 29 Mar 2021Sefter Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO21 3PX
Received 7 Jul 2016Hook Place Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3TS
Received 17 May 2018Alley to the South of Orme Cottages Angmering BN16 4JZ
Received 14 Oct 202591B Gravits Lane Bognor Regis PO21 5LN
Received 24 Mar 2022Easter Cottage The Thatchway Rustington BN16 2BN
Received 13 Feb 2017The Nelson Hotel 61 Pier Road Littlehampton BN17 5LP
Received 4 Feb 202260 Sea Way Middleton-on-sea PO22 7SA
Received 29 May 202667-69 Upper Bognor Road Bognor Regis PO21 1HR
Received 21 Apr 2015Downsview Littlehampton Road Angmering BN12 6PW
Received 11 Oct 2021Gladwyn The Street East Preston BN16 1HT
Received 4 Jun 202040 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DL
Received 22 Oct 202024 Gosden Road Littlehampton BN17 6DX
Received 19 Nov 201916 Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BZ
Received 19 Jun 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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