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.
14,285 approved · 1,982 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Vinery Poling BN18 9PY
Received 29 May 201339 Servite Close Bognor Regis PO21 2DE
Received 3 Aug 2015Salvation Army Charity Shop 45 Queensway Bognor Regis PO21 1QN
Received 8 Nov 2012Crossbush Farm Shop Lyminster Road Lyminster BN17 7QN
Received 1 Jun 202134 Downview Road Yapton BN18 0HJ
Received 15 Mar 2017White Mill House Days Lane Aldingbourne BN18 0TA
Received 10 Jun 20263 Woodford Villas High Street Angmering BN16 4AE
Received 13 Nov 2017Communal Land to South East of 25 Servite Close and land outside 10 Servite Close Bognor Regis
Received 5 Nov 2013Hewarts Barn 99 Hewarts Lane Aldwick PO21 3DJ
Received 28 Feb 2017Exeter House Flat C, 1 Fitzalan Road Littlehampton BN17 5JL
Received 16 May 201710 Torton Hill Road Arundel BN18 9HE
Received 12 Aug 201530 The Drive Bognor Regis PO21 4DJ
Received 15 Jan 2021Cornerways Weavers Hill Angmering BN16 4BE
Received 21 Mar 2013Land to the south of Ford Lane and East of North End Road Ford BN18 0DS
Received 20 Apr 2021The Lamb 73 The Street Rustington BN16 3NU
Received 2 Feb 2026Swallowfield Eastergate Lane Eastergate PO20 3SJ
Received 2 Aug 201370 Southfields Road Littlehampton BN17 6PB
Received 9 Dec 2014Unit 9 Minster Court Business Park Courtwick Lane Littlehampton BN17 7RW
Received 24 Apr 20173 Selsey Avenue Aldwick PO21 2QZ
Received 25 Apr 201361 Beach Road Littlehampton BN17 5JH
Received 18 Nov 20116 East Mead Ferring Worthing BN12 5EA
Received 26 Aug 20147 The Ridings Bognor Regis PO21 4HP
Received 22 Dec 201431 Ferring Lane Ferring BN12 6QT
Received 5 Feb 2015Clymping Mill Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 18 Nov 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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