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.
13,894 approved · 1,906 refused · 818 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eugenie Eastergate Lane Walberton BN18 0BA
Received 14 Jun 2018Kingfisher Manor Pine Marten Close Pagham Bognor Regis PO21 3WE
Received 23 Feb 20266 Halliford Drive Barnham PO22 0AB
Received 4 Jun 201334 Cudlow Avenue Rustington BN16 2HF
Received 15 May 2015Bognor Rugby Club Hampshire Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 5JH
Received 6 Sept 2013Holmwood Town Cross Avenue Bognor Regis PO21 2DR
Received 25 Apr 20145 Kirkland Close Rustington BN16 2QZ
Received 5 Nov 2019Choller House Farm Barnham Lane Walberton BN18 0AX
Received 16 Jul 20268 Sandymount Avenue Bognor Regis PO22 9ES
Received 20 Mar 20186 Bernard Road Arundel BN18 9EP
Received 22 Feb 20194 Lambs Cottages Bilsham Road Yapton BN18 0JN
Received 30 Jul 202016 Wilman Gardens Aldwick PO21 4BP
Received 26 Oct 2021Greater Glebe Brittens Lane Fontwell Eastergate BN18 0ST
Received 21 Sept 2012Court Wick Park Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7PD
Received 29 Apr 2026Land North of Felpham Felpham
Received 5 May 2022White Horses 9 Main Drive Middleton on Sea PO22 7TN
Received 16 Apr 2013West Barn Old Dairy Lane Norton Aldingbourne PO20 3AF
Received 10 Apr 2014Land at Northwood Farm Yapton Road
Received 11 May 20209 Walberton Park Walberton BN18 0PJ
Received 12 Oct 2018Fiddlers Green Golden Acre East Preston BN16 1QP
Received 25 Mar 2013Ham Manor Estate West Drive Angmering BN16 4JE
Received 30 Mar 201734 The Green Pagham PO21 4SB
Received 8 Feb 201822 North Way Felpham PO22 7BT
Received 9 Nov 201819 The Roystons East Preston BN16 2TR
Received 2 May 2019Records 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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