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.
12,725 approved · 1,696 refused · 758 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1 Main Road Yapton BN18 0EY
Received 23 Oct 2014The Ship Inn Aldwick Street Aldwick PO21 3AP
Received 16 Feb 2015Grove House Highground Lane Barnham PO22 OBT
Received 16 Jan 2014Land at Oldlands Farm Newlands Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 28 Feb 20257 Downlands Close Pagham PO21 3QA
Received 9 Aug 2021Pennicotts Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO20 1LN
Received 3 Dec 2020Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 9 Feb 201730 Kew Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 5RD
Received 1 Sept 20131 New Road Littlehampton
Received 3 Feb 2014Land Adjacent to 1 Orchard Way Fontwell Walberton BN18 0SH
Received 24 Mar 2020Land adjacent to Sunny Corner Copse Lane Walberton BN18 0QH
Received 12 Dec 2019Street Record, Merry England Swallows Gate Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 22 Sept 202146 Southdean Drive Middleton On Sea PO22 7TB
Received 18 Aug 201710 Grosvenor Gardens Aldwick PO21 3EY
Received 9 Jun 2017Church Norton Spit Pagham Beach Pagham
Received 13 Sept 201730 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TJ
Received 23 Mar 201820 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NJ
Received 13 Jan 2021Hillcrest 5 West Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7RP
Received 22 Feb 202253 Old Rectory Gardens Bognor Regis PO22 7ER
Received 16 Jun 2014Shore House Seafield Road East Preston BN16 1NA
Received 22 Aug 201416 Corbishley Road Bognor Regis
Received 25 May 2017White Thorne The Warren Ferring BN12 5PQ
Received 26 May 2015Watch Tower Ferry Road Littlehampton BN17 5DG
Received 21 May 2014279-285A Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AH
Received 12 Dec 2021Records 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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