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.
13,259 approved · 1,787 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plots 10-21 Nursery Close East Preston BN16 1QD
Received 14 Dec 2012Cambrae The Warren Ferring BN12 5PQ
Received 3 May 2019Pumping Station R/O 19-21 Kingsway Aldwick
Received 26 Jan 20174 Gatehouse Mews Sudley Road Bognor Regis PO21 1FJ
Received 11 Jun 2019The Barnham Hotel 28 Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0ES
Received 11 Jul 201432 Bronze Close Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 9RS
Received 21 Nov 2014Southwell Cottage Lidsey Road Bognor Regis PO22 9PJ
Received 12 Aug 201429 Mill Road Avenue Angmering BN16 4HR
Received 7 Aug 2026Weavers High Street Angmering BN16 4AH
Received 5 Jan 20192 Seventeen Manor Road East Preston BN16 1FG
Received 13 Aug 2013Westfield Court Norfolk Road Littlehampton West Sussex BN17 5AQ
Received 23 Aug 20184 Wentworth Close Barnham PO22 0HS
Received 21 Jul 201749 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HL
Received 29 Jan 20144 Abercorn Walk Old Rectory Drive Eastergate PO20 3XE
Received 20 May 202122 River Road Arundel BN18 9DH
Received 24 Aug 2021Land adjacent to The Rising Sun 351 Chichester Road Bognor Regis PO21 5AN
Received 3 Jan 20135 Eleanor Gardens Felpham PO22 6BP
Received 12 Aug 202122 Vermont Drive East Preston BN16 1LA
Received 4 Oct 202182 North Lane Rustington BN16 3PN
Received 19 Sept 2017Craig Rock 21 Craigweil Manor Aldwick PO21 4DJ
Received 29 Jan 201517 High Street Bognor Regis PO21 1RJ
Received 20 Dec 2012Church Norton Spit Pagham Beach Pagham PO21 4NJ
Received 16 Sept 2015Summer Cottage 14 West Drive Elmer PO22 7TS
Received 16 Sept 201319 Bond Street Arundel
Received 1 Jun 2017Records 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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