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.
12,767 approved · 1,708 refused · 763 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63A Oakcroft Gardens Littlehampton BN17 6LT
Received 20 Feb 2017Clover Cottage 105 Middleton Road Middleton-on-sea PO22 6DW
Received 19 May 2022218 Manor Way Aldwick PO21 4HS
Received 10 Feb 2022Willow Tree Cottage The Street Walberton
Received 14 Dec 20181 Shipfield Aldwick West Sussex PO21 4AE
Received 21 Nov 201768 Armada Way Littlehampton BN17 6QY
Received 14 May 2020The Old Boathouse 68A East Front Road Pagham PO21 4ST
Received 20 Oct 202525 First Avenue Felpham PO22 7LG
Received 24 Jan 2014St Philip Howard School Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 0EN
Received 4 Feb 2022Richmond House The Thatchway Angmering BN16 4HJ
Received 19 Apr 20181 The Drive Aldwick PO21 4DU
Received 31 Aug 2021Unit 2 Brookside Avenue Rustington BN16 3LF
Received 23 Jun 20261 Raycroft Close Bognor Regis PO21 3DG
Received 24 Jul 20187 Ambleside Close Felpham PO22 8NG
Received 18 Sept 20202 Wick Parade Wick Street Littlehampton BN17 7JQ
Received 13 Sept 2021Land At Freeman Close Walberton BN18 0AE
Received 1 Jun 20265 Godman Close Rose Green Aldwick PO21 4BJ
Received 25 Nov 20133 Hazelmead Drive East Preston BN16 1LB
Received 24 Jan 2022Land adjacent to Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Woodgate
Received 12 Aug 2021Pansas House Letchworth Close Ferring BN12 5RE
Received 12 Feb 202145 Ivy Lane Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3RE
Received 22 Feb 20227 Barnsite Close Rustington BN16 3QH
Received 28 Jul 20145 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QS
Received 6 Nov 202028 Sea Way Elmer Sands PO22 6JY
Received 9 Jan 2015Records 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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