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.
13,594 approved · 1,850 refused · 807 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2003 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 The Drive Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4EE
Received 13 May 201914 Bradlond Close Aldwick PO21 2RQ
Received 19 Jun 201527 Gloucester Road Littlehampton BN17 7BT
Received 15 Jun 2018Dragon House Church Lane Lyminster BN17 7QJ
Received 24 Feb 2019Westergate House Denmans Lane Fontwell BN18 0SU
Received 16 Apr 20199 Bramley Way Angmering BN16 4GA
Received 24 Jan 201711 Oriel Close Barnham PO22 0HN
Received 28 Mar 201334 Whiteways Bognor Regis PO22 9AS
Received 22 Jul 201456 Ashurst Way East Preston BN16 1AG
Received 5 Nov 20122 The Poplars Ferring BN12 5QL
Received 25 Nov 202119 North Lane East Preston BN16 1BN
Received 13 Mar 2015Opposite Brook Cottage Church Lane Eastergate PO20 3UT
Received 17 Nov 202064 Stoneage Close Bersted PO22 9QW
Received 23 Apr 2015The Glebe House Binsted Lane Binsted BN18 0LN
Received 15 Apr 201419 Clarence Avenue Littlehampton BN17 7NQ
Received 31 Mar 2014Old Orchard House 47 The Street Rustington BN16 3NU
Received 18 Mar 2019Manor Lodge The Street Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 28 Oct 2021Land north of Sunnyside Cottages Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0AZ
Received 20 Jan 202057 Stanley Road Littlehampton BN17 6JF
Received 11 May 201412 Blondell Drive Aldwick PO21 4BQ
Received 5 Jun 2020Beach Lodge 1 Strand Way Felpham PO22 7LH
Received 6 Mar 2018Land at former Pollards Nursery Lake Lane Barnham
Received 7 Oct 20169A Arundel Road Littlehampton BN17 7BY
Received 1 Dec 2014Land at Salt Box West of Shripney Road Bersted
Received 5 Mar 2020Records 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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