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.
13,850 approved · 1,897 refused · 818 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Harbour Road Pagham PO21 4TE
Received 17 Apr 20133 Gilwynes Aldwick PO21 3SG
Received 4 Dec 2020Car Park Land off Sandy Road Pagham PO21 4SP
Received 27 Sept 2012Winterberry Horsemere Green Lane Climping BN17 5QY
Received 13 Dec 202116 Selsey Avenue Aldwick PO21 2QZ
Received 9 Oct 201916 Jubilee Avenue Rustington BN16 3NB
Received 8 Jan 202178 Langbury Lane Ferring BN12 6QE
Received 4 Apr 2018Poling Motor Co. Fordingbridge Industrial Estate Barnham Road Barnham PO22 0HD
Received 17 Jan 201313 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NN
Received 25 Nov 20149 Bond Street Arundel BN18 9BL
Received 30 Apr 202110 Thirlmere Way Felpham PO22 8NQ
Received 13 Jun 2018Land West of Westergate Street East of Hook Lane Westergate
Received 22 Jan 2018Little Woodcote Shripney Lane Bersted PO22 9NR
Received 5 Nov 202129 Lime Avenue Westergate Chichester PO20 3UF
Received 8 Jun 2021The Laurels Dappers Lane Angmering BN16 4EN
Received 11 May 2018Shripney Trade Park, Unit 2 & 3 Shripney Road Bersted PO22 9GH
Received 15 Mar 2021Land East of North End Road and West of Church Lane Nursery Yapton BN18 0GA
Received 24 Mar 2021Former Windroos Nursery Worthing Road Littlehampton BN17 6LY
Received 18 Feb 2019Land North of Sefter Road & 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 6 Mar 20205 Admiralty Road Felpham PO22 7DJ
Received 20 Nov 20144 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NB
Received 30 Jan 201932 Church Street Littlehampton BN17 5PX
Received 29 Apr 202033 Glenville Road Rustington BN16 2EA
Received 10 Aug 2015Pennicotts Farm Pagham Road Pagham PO20 1LN
Received 23 Jun 2021Records 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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