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.
12,822 approved · 1,719 refused · 766 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Trinity Way Littlehampton BN17 5SR
Received 2 Feb 201511 Grange Park Ferring BN12 5LS
Received 14 Sept 20217 Broomcroft Road Bognor Regis PO22 7NJ
Received 11 Sept 201472 Aldwick Road Bognor Regis
Received 16 May 2014Beechfield Park Hook Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3YR
Received 6 Nov 2019Liseve Lodge 84 North Bersted Street Bognor Regis PO22 9AQ
Received 14 Nov 201823 Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QD
Received 13 Jul 2017Somerset House High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 26 Jun 2018Arran Gate Marian Way Bognor Reis PO21 1PD
Received 11 Aug 2017Picturedrome Cinema 51 Canada Grove Bognor Regis PO21 1DW
Received 10 Nov 2014The Old Bakehouse 27 King Street Arundel BN18 9BJ
Received 3 Jul 201316 South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 17 Oct 2013Grasmere Ancton Lane Bognor Regis PO22 6NL
Received 13 Jun 201416 Hawks Place Bersted PO22 9LZ
Received 6 Apr 20172 Vicarage Lane East Preston BN16 2SP
Received 17 Mar 202240 Ivy Lane Westergate Aldingbourne
Received 2 May 201898 Orchard Way Barnham PO22 0HY
Received 27 Nov 2017Norway Farm House Norway Lane Littlehampton BN17 6LS
Received 8 Sept 2014Nyton Rest Nyton Farm Shop Nyton Road Aldingbourne PO20 3TU
Received 18 Jul 202593 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AE
Received 21 Oct 202167 Fastnet Way Littlehampton BN17 6PW
Received 1 Jul 20131 The Ridings Aldwick PO21 4HP
Received 28 Mar 202223 Roundle Avenue Felpham PO22 8LL
Received 26 Feb 201940 Henry Avenue Rustington BN16 2PA
Received 29 May 2018Records 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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