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.
13,033 approved · 1,748 refused · 775 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 The Poplars Ferring BN12 5QL
Received 29 Nov 20182 Hampden Close Middleton-On-Sea PO22 7SN
Received 16 Feb 2021The Old Bakery Church Road Yapton BN18 0ER
Received 22 Sept 201412 Sea Way Middleton PO22 7SA
Received 28 Aug 201343 Golden Avenue East Preston BN16 1QX
Received 9 May 202234 The Crescent Rustington BN16 2PF
Received 21 Mar 2022Garden House High Street Angmering BN16 4AG
Received 7 Jun 2021Flint House 8 Cudlow Garden Rustington BN16 2RP
Received 8 Jun 201527 Highdown Way Ferring BN12 6QQ
Received 13 Aug 2015Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 23 Jul 2021Berri Court Main Road Yapton BN18 0ED
Received 10 Sept 201465C Gravits Lane Bognor Regis BN13 3NA
Received 2 May 201812 Kingsway Aldwick PO21 4DQ
Received 5 Feb 2021Gable House The Street Walberton BN18 0PH
Received 7 Nov 2018Land West of New Barn Lane Bersted
Received 7 Sept 20174 The Green Pagham PO21 4RZ
Received 24 Apr 2013Manor House 1 Sea Lane Middleton on Sea West Sussex PO22 7RH
Received 24 Aug 201761 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 11 Mar 201925 South Way Bersted PO21 5HB
Received 20 Dec 2018St Mary's Catholic Primary School Glamis Street Bognor Regis PO21 1DU
Received 22 Jun 20181 Leverton Avenue Felpham PO22 7RA
Received 4 Jun 2026Flamsteed Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AD
Received 10 Dec 2019Rustington Golf Centre Golfers Lane Angmering BN16 4NB
Received 8 Aug 20251 Tamarisk Way East Preston BN16 2TF
Received 3 Sept 2026Records 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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