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.
13,710 approved · 1,876 refused · 811 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 High Ridge Close Arundel BN18 9ES
Received 3 Aug 20211 Manor Close Felpham Bognor Regis PO22 7PN
Received 31 Jul 201915 Lincoln Avenue Aldwick PO21 3EJ
Received 13 Jun 2017The Honey Pot Honey Lane Angmering BN16 4AB
Received 19 Nov 2018Thatched House Sack Lane Aldingbourne PO22 8PE
Received 24 May 2018Bognor Regis Railway Station Station Road Bognor Regis PO21 1QF
Received 21 Aug 201840 Kingsway Aldwick Bognor Regis PO21 4DL
Received 22 Oct 2020Little Paddocks Estate Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NH
Received 24 Feb 2022Land to rear of Burndell Road/Goodhew Close Yapton
Received 19 Nov 201317 Warren Crescent East Preston BN16 1BH
Received 11 Apr 202135 Briar Close Church Road Yapton BN18 0ES
Received 8 Jun 201226 Downview Road Felpham PO22 8HQ
Received 14 May 2021Lidsey Barn Lidsey Farm Lidsey PO22 9PG
Received 3 Apr 2017West Hayne 19 Angmering Lane East Preston BN16 2TA
Received 19 Aug 20217 Payne Close Pagham PO21 4QA
Received 22 Sept 20175 Old School Mews Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7PT
Received 14 Jun 2018Kents Yard Brookpit Lane Climping BN17 5QT
Received 8 May 2020Roseland The Causeway ARUNDEL BN18 9JL
Received 23 Oct 201710 Peckham Chase Eastergate PO20 3AR
Received 22 Sept 20215 The Street Rustington BN16 3DJ
Received 24 Jun 20132 Windmill Drive Rustington BN16 3HJ
Received 8 Jul 2021Bet-Na Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JN
Received 12 Oct 2012Land at Woodgate Nurseries Lidsey Road Woodgate
Received 7 Aug 202430 Lodge Close Middleton-on-sea PO22 6NF
Received 3 Dec 2025Records 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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