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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Crowborough Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UQ
Received 25 Nov 202522 Compton Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UJ
Received 25 Nov 202569 Raleigh Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 6EE
Received 25 Nov 202511 Highdown Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 1PU
Received 25 Nov 20256 Arundel Court Lansdowne Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5HQ
Received 25 Nov 2025St Johns Court Penstone Close Lancing West Sussex
Received 26 Nov 202520 Ingleside Crescent Lancing West Sussex BN15 8EN
Received 26 Nov 2025Linfield Care Home 18 - 22 Wykeham Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4JD
Received 26 Nov 202530 Saxons Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5JE
Received 26 Nov 202575 Buckingham Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5UD
Received 27 Nov 2025Southern Water Authority Western Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2RU
Received 27 Nov 202534 Offington Gardens Worthing West Sussex BN14 9AU
Received 27 Nov 20258 St Wilfreds Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8BA
Received 27 Nov 202522 Park Way Southwick West Sussex BN42 4LD
Received 2 Dec 202515 South Street Lancing West Sussex BN15 8AE
Received 2 Dec 2025Free Wharf Brighton Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 2 Dec 2025Elder Cottage Ropewalk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WW
Received 2 Dec 202542 Falmer Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TD
Received 2 Dec 202560 Rusper Road South Worthing West Sussex BN13 1LP
Received 2 Dec 202557 Dorchester Gardens Worthing West Sussex BN11 5AY
Received 2 Dec 202555 Hillside Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9QS
Received 2 Dec 202522 Park Way Southwick West Sussex BN42 4LD
Received 3 Dec 2025336 Upper Shoreham Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5QE
Received 3 Dec 202517 Taw Close Worthing West Sussex BN13 3PQ
Received 3 Dec 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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