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.
13,304 approved · 1,799 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Potting Barn 5 Hobbs Court Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JY
Received 28 Apr 20225 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 2 Apr 201328 New Barn Lane Felpham PO22 8LN
Received 25 Sept 2026Pagham Football Club Nyetimber Lane Pagham PO21 3JY
Received 31 Jul 201541 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HH
Received 10 Nov 20212 The Croft East Preston BN16 1LF
Received 1 Apr 20204 Pine Walk Bognor Regis PO21 3DP
Received 20 Sept 2012Letterbox Cottage Norton Lane Aldingbourne PO20 3NH
Received 4 Oct 2012Land west of New Barn Lane Bersted PO21 5DN
Received 26 Sept 201957 Worthing Road Rustington BN16 3JU
Received 21 Jul 2020Land to rear of Highground House & Orchard End, Highground Lane Barnham
Received 25 Aug 2021The Bluebird Cafe South Drive Ferring BN12 5QU
Received 6 Jan 201530A Cudlow Avenue Rustington BN16 2HE
Received 9 Sept 2025Tesco Superstore Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9ND
Received 25 Feb 2013Houghton House 4 Arun Street Arundel BN18 9DL
Received 28 Sept 2026April Cottage Lidsey Road Woodgate PO20 3SU
Received 16 Aug 202132 Bushby Avenue Rustington BN16 2BY
Received 1 Sept 20201 Malin Road Littlehampton BN17 6NN
Received 20 Mar 2020The Salt House Church Lane Pagham PO21 4NX
Received 5 Aug 202670 Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3EY
Received 7 Aug 2018Gothic House High Street Angmering BN16 4AH
Received 6 Nov 202535 Grove Crescent Littlehampton BN17 6AD
Received 1 Mar 2013Land at Goodacres Barnham West Sussex
Received 25 Feb 20147 Norfolk Place Littlehampton BN17 5PD
Received 21 May 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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