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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Nutbourne Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7HS
Received 12 Nov 20259 Cissbury Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 9LD
Received 12 Nov 202512 Broadwater Boulevard Worthing West Sussex BN14 8JE
Received 12 Nov 20257A Southdown Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4FT
Received 13 Nov 2025Homehaven Court Swiss Gardens Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 13 Nov 2025First Floor Flat 55 King Edward Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 8DB
Received 13 Nov 20251 Acre Gardens Boundary Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4LN
Received 13 Nov 202511 Roman Crescent Southwick West Sussex BN42 4TY
Received 14 Nov 2025Powel Buildings 4 Commerce Way Lancing Business Park Sompting West Sussex
Received 17 Nov 2025East Lancing Recreation Ground Orient Road Lancing West Sussex
Received 17 Nov 2025Rose Cottage 51 High Street Worthing West Sussex BN14 7NR
Received 17 Nov 202516 Marine Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 4JF
Received 17 Nov 2025Land At Former Gas Works Site Park Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 17 Nov 2025The Hollies 83 Little High Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 1DH
Received 17 Nov 2025Site At 101 And 103 Newland Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 1 Oct 202512 Boundstone Lane Lancing West Sussex BN15 9QJ
Received 18 Nov 2025Telephone Exchange 1 Tarmount Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6DA
Received 18 Nov 2025Hm Revenues And Customs Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XL
Received 18 Nov 202511 Furze Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 3BP
Received 18 Nov 202552 Alfriston Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7QS
Received 18 Nov 20255 Burnside Crescent Sompting West Sussex BN15 9TN
Received 19 Nov 202575 Marlborough Road Lancing Business Park Lancing West Sussex
Received 19 Nov 2025Land South Of West Street And West Of Loose Lane Sompting West Sussex
Received 20 Nov 2025Land South Of West Street And West Of Loose Lane Sompting West Sussex
Received 20 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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