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.
14,446 approved · 2,016 refused · 852 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
March House 2 Sussex Street Bognor Regis PO21 1SF
Received 31 Mar 201538 Pinehurst Park Aldwick West Sussex England PO21 3DX
Received 13 Oct 20171 Tithe Barn Close Bognor Regis PO21 4EY
Received 7 Nov 2013Wayside Yapton Road Barnham PO22 0BA
Received 24 Feb 202148 Armada Way Littlehampton BN17 6QY
Received 31 Oct 20129 North Street Littlehampton BN17 6JJ
Received 25 Nov 202159 Little Paddocks Ferring BN12 5NH
Received 30 Nov 2017Land at Oldlands Farm Shripney Road Bognor Regis PO22 9NN
Received 12 Jun 201510 Elm Grove Barnham PO22 0HJ
Received 7 Feb 201820 The Fairway Bognor Regis
Received 2 Oct 20202 Lagoon Road Pagham PO21 4TJ
Received 16 Aug 2013Land south of Ford Lane East of North End Road Yapton BN18 0DS
Received 28 Sept 2020Aldwick Cricket Club Brooks Lane Bognor Regis PO22 8PG
Received 8 Mar 20175 River Road Littlehampton BN17 5BN
Received 13 Mar 201812 Holmdale EASTERGATE PO20 3AA
Received 25 Feb 201825 Greenacres Ring Angmering BN16 4BU
Received 30 Jan 2018Littledene Barn Lane Bersted PO22 9NY
Received 8 Sept 202184 Stroud Green Drive Bersted PO21 5TJ
Received 29 Oct 20193 Ferring Close Ferring BN12 5QT
Received 22 Feb 20222 Hillview Crescent East Preston BN16 1RD
Received 28 Oct 20213 & 5 Church Street Littlehampton
Received 6 Aug 2013The Coop The Parade Pagham PO21 4TW
Received 19 May 201913 Somerset Gardens Bognor Regis PO21 2AA
Received 9 Nov 2018GTR Ltd Arundel Road Fontwell Arundel BN18 0SB
Received 23 Dec 2020Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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