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.
14,403 approved · 2,009 refused · 849 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
19 Russells Close East Preston BN16 1BP
Received 23 Nov 202120 The Crossways Littlehampton BN17 7NJ
Received 24 Dec 201943 Norfolk Road Littlehampton BN17 5PW
Received 14 Nov 2012Grey Tiles Ham Manor Way Angmering BN16 4JQ
Received 13 Jul 2026Skyview House Hoe Lane Flansham PO22 8NW
Received 9 Feb 201890 North Lane East Preston BN16 1HE
Received 1 Jun 201924 Tennyson Avenue Rustington BN16 2PB
Received 29 Sept 2020120 Middleton Road Middleton On Sea PO19 6DB
Received 25 May 201725 Lindsey Court Felpham PO22 8JQ
Received 29 Jul 2021Cissbury The Street Walberton BN18 0PG
Received 15 Apr 2015St Marys Close Hurst Road Rustington
Received 17 Feb 2019Barnham Windmill Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BD
Received 5 May 20153 Munmere Way Rustington BN16 3SA
Received 9 Nov 20206 Copthorne Way Pinehurst Park Bognor Regis PO21 3DY
Received 21 Mar 20147A Whitebeam Way Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6PF
Received 2 Jul 201831 Albert Road Rustington Littlehampton BN16 3JT
Received 9 Sept 2013Berri Court Main Road Yapton BN18 0ED
Received 25 May 20225 Balliol Close Aldwick PO21 5QE
Received 4 Apr 20224 Florida Close Ferring BN12 5PF
Received 4 Oct 2021Eastergate Water Treatment Works Fontwell Avenue Eastergate PO20 3RZ
Received 22 Mar 201719 Wentworth Close Barnham PO22 0HS
Received 19 Dec 2017The Vinery Arundel Road Poling BN18 9PY
Received 28 Apr 2015Land North of Yapton C of E Primary School North End Road Yapton
Received 13 Nov 201820 Sea Drive Felpham PO22 7NE
Received 22 Nov 2017Records 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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