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.
13,159 approved · 1,767 refused · 784 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hobbs Farmhouse 36 Sea Lane Rustington BN16 2RE
Received 28 Jul 2021Coxs Farm Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AJ
Received 26 Jul 2020Land West of Yapton Lane Walberton
Received 5 Feb 2026235 Aldwick Road Aldwick PO21 3QG
Received 18 May 2021Land at Barnham Court Barnham
Received 22 Jul 2015Middleton Sports Club 3 Sea Lane Middleton-on-sea PO22 7RH
Received 28 Jan 2026Land North of Hook Lane Pagham
Received 11 Sept 2026215 Timberleys Littlehampton BN17 6QD
Received 1 Sept 2021Land at Summer Lane Pagham PO21 4NG
Received 20 Mar 2020Rigates Climping Street Climping BN17 5RQ
Received 9 Sept 2026Shannock Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 12 Sept 20136 May Close Horsemere Green Climping BN17 5TF
Received 1 Nov 2019Land East of Toll Cottage Lake Lane Barnham PO22 0AE
Received 9 Nov 2021General Henrys 31 Horsham Road Littlehampton BN17 6BZ
Received 2 Oct 20195 Poulner Close Felpham PO22 8HN
Received 8 Oct 202115 Kings Close Yapton BN18 0EX
Received 18 Jan 2022Bayley's Barn Norton Lane Norton PO20 3NH
Received 25 Sept 2019143 Middleton Road Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6DF
Received 4 Apr 2018Flat 5 16 South Terrace Littlehampton BN17 5NZ
Received 24 Mar 202091 Middleton Road Middleton PO22 6DW
Received 26 Sept 201828 North Lane East Preston BN16 1DA
Received 11 Dec 2017Ryebank Farmhouse New Barn Grevatts Lane Climping BN17 5RF
Received 15 Nov 2019White Meadows Primary School Whitelea Road Littlehampton BN17 7JL
Received 14 Mar 201321 Westmorland Drive Felpham PO22 8LZ
Received 31 Mar 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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