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.
13,649 approved · 1,856 refused · 807 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land to rear of 125 Manor Way Aldwick Bay Estate
Received 26 May 2021Woodgate Centre Oak Tree Lane Woodgate PO20 3GU
Received 8 Jul 202618 Coniston Way Littlehampton BN17 6SR
Received 27 Jan 201438 Ambersham Crescent East Preston BN16 1AH
Received 19 Feb 2020Pippins Yapton Lane Walberton BN18 0AS
Received 15 Oct 2020Verge outside 124 Victoria Drive Bognor Regis PO22 9LQ
Received 9 Jul 202036 Clun Road Littlehampton BN17 7DY
Received 23 Jul 20149 Roundle Square Felpham PO22 8LA
Received 19 Mar 20262 Grafton Close Rustington West Sussex BN16 3QY
Received 4 Oct 201925 South Terrace Littlehampton West Sussex
Received 22 Mar 2013Randall Cottage 111 North Bersted Street Bersted PO22 9AF
Received 25 Jun 2014Toddington House Toddington Lane Littlehampton BN17 6JX
Received 9 Feb 201732 Broadmark Lane Rustington BN16 2JA
Received 1 Aug 201430 Ocean Drive Ferring BN12 5QP
Received 22 Jan 2018Bartons County Infants School Romney Broadwalk Bersted PO22 9BH
Received 31 Jul 201733 Summerhill Drive Felpham PO22 6AS
Received 14 Jan 2021Land South of Water Lane Angmering
Received 19 Apr 2021253 Goring Way Ferring BN12 5BY
Received 15 Apr 202235 North Lane East Preston BN16 1BX
Received 28 Nov 201895 Farnhurst Road Barnham PO22 0JW
Received 27 Mar 2014Land North of Littlehampton Academy Littlehampton
Received 26 Jan 2026Warmere Church Road Yapton BN18 0ER
Received 20 Sept 2021Land off Stanhorn Grove Felpham PO22 8FA
Received 21 Nov 2025Land North of Yapton C of E Primary School North End Road Yapton BN18 0DU
Received 10 Nov 2014Records 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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