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 Adur District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2024 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Park Adjacent Sandell House Railway Approach Worthing West Sussex
Received 20 Oct 2025Celty 54A Henty Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7HF
Received 22 Oct 202570 Broadwater Street West Worthing West Sussex BN14 9DE
Received 23 Oct 202570 Broadwater Street West Worthing West Sussex BN14 9DE
Received 23 Oct 2025Huntley Residential Care Home 76 Richmond Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4AF
Received 24 Oct 2025115A Connaught Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WP
Received 27 Oct 2025The Castle Day Nursery Angola Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8DU
Received 27 Oct 202514 Sussex Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1DS
Received 3 Nov 202528 Valley Road Sompting West Sussex BN15 0JS
Received 4 Nov 202568 Manor Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4SL
Received 4 Nov 202540 Burnside Crescent Sompting West Sussex BN15 9TJ
Received 5 Nov 202529 Warwick Gardens Worthing West Sussex
Received 5 Nov 202519 Farncombe Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 6 Nov 20252 Chatham Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2SP
Received 7 Nov 20251A Warren Gardens Worthing West Sussex BN14 9PL
Received 7 Nov 20255 Winchester Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4DJ
Received 7 Nov 2025126 Old Fort Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5HL
Received 10 Nov 2025Powel Buildings 4 Commerce Way Lancing Business Park Sompting West Sussex
Received 10 Nov 2025100 - 108 Montague Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 3HG
Received 10 Nov 2025Stocks House West Street Sompting West Sussex
Received 10 Nov 202539 Barfield Park Lancing West Sussex BN15 9DF
Received 11 Nov 202540 Westlake Gardens Worthing West Sussex BN13 1LF
Received 11 Nov 2025133 Pavilion Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7EG
Received 11 Nov 202569 South Farm Road Gaisford Worthing West Sussex BN14 7AF
Received 11 Nov 2025Records 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 Adur 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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