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.
13,568 approved · 1,848 refused · 805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 0EJ
Received 3 Dec 201452-56 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5JP
Received 19 Nov 20142 Woodstock Gardens Aldwick PO21 3PR
Received 28 Aug 2018113 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1NX
Received 27 Nov 201417 Elm Grove South Barnham PO22 0EJ
Received 22 Aug 201224 Limmer Lane Felpham PO22 7ET
Received 15 Jan 2018The Look And Sea Centre Surrey Street Littlehampton BN17 5AW
Received 23 Feb 2020Grove House Highground Lane Barnham PO22 0BT
Received 26 Mar 2013Beachcroft Hotel Clyde Road Felpham PO22 7AH
Received 20 Jan 202061 High Street Arundel BN18 9AJ
Received 11 Mar 201938 St Winefrides Road Littlehampton BN17 5HA
Received 13 Mar 201970 Woodlands Avenue Rustington BN16 3EY
Received 26 Sept 2018Land at Stakers Farm North End Road Yapton
Received 3 Dec 202525 Oakcroft Gardens Littlehampton BN17 6LT
Received 2 Jul 2020Land adjacent to 16 A Ash Lane Rustington BN16 3BZ
Received 2 Aug 201721 Ferring Street Ferring BN12 5HL
Received 30 Sept 2025114 Rose Green Road Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 3EF
Received 28 Jun 201332 Horsham Road Littlehampton BN17 6DA
Received 10 Sept 201313 Normanton Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2TU
Received 8 Apr 202691 Worthing Road East Preston BN16 1DE
Received 5 Jun 201943 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HH
Received 3 Aug 20127 Hunters Close Aldwick PO21 4HR
Received 5 Jul 2020Adjacent Warehouse site to McDonalds Southern Cross Trading Estate 1 Oldlands Way Bognor Regis PO22 9SE
Received 24 Apr 20154 Larchfield Close Aldwick PO21 4RB
Received 22 Jun 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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