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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Reflections Nursery 54 Richmond Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1PS
Received 3 Dec 2025327 Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2HP
Received 3 Dec 202515 Colvill Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WN
Received 4 Dec 2025167 Middle Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6LG
Received 4 Dec 20251 - 2 Rooksacre Cottages West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AX
Received 4 Dec 202584 Chesterfield Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BZ
Received 4 Dec 2025Charlwood Lodge 24 Lansdowne Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 4 Dec 202594 Marine Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 4JH
Received 4 Dec 202545 Old Fort Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5RL
Received 5 Dec 2025Part Car Parking Land Opposite Unit B Lyons Farm Retail Park Lyons Way Worthing West Sussex
Received 5 Dec 20255 Gorse Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9PG
Received 5 Dec 202559 Connaught Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WL
Received 5 Dec 202523 Oxen Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5AF
Received 8 Dec 2025Belsize House 2 Belsize Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4RG
Received 8 Dec 202579 Goldsmith Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8ES
Received 8 Dec 2025Land At South West Corner Of Car Park Downlands Retail Park Lyons Way Worthing West Sussex
Received 8 Dec 2025East Hill Court Winton Place Worthing West Sussex
Received 8 Dec 2025Former Mannings Surry Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 9 Dec 202517 Liverpool Gardens Worthing Central Worthing West Sussex BN11 1RY
Received 9 Dec 202537 Parkfield Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1EP
Received 9 Dec 2025Unit 3 New Wharf Brighton Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6RN
Received 9 Dec 2025Atheldene 47 Offington Lane Worthing West Sussex BN14 9RG
Received 9 Dec 202532 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG
Received 10 Dec 202512 Slonk Hill Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6HX
Received 10 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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