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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lincoln Court South Street Lancing West Sussex
Received 10 Dec 202546 Hawkins Crescent Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6TP
Received 10 Dec 202511 Jupps Lane Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TS
Received 10 Dec 202541 - 43 South Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 3AW
Received 10 Dec 2025Linfield Care Home 18 - 22 Wykeham Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4JD
Received 10 Dec 202526 Ilex Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UY
Received 10 Dec 202511 Colne Close Worthing West Sussex BN13 3LP
Received 10 Dec 2025Land At Flats 1 To 6 And 10 Tarring Gate South Street And 10 Tarring Gate St Lawrence Avenue Worthing West Sussex
Received 10 Dec 202531 Roman Way Southwick West Sussex BN42 4TN
Received 10 Dec 202526 Ilex Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UY
Received 11 Dec 2025Rivoli Court Chapel Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 11 Dec 2025Grafton Centre Ten Pin Bowling Marine Parade Worthing West Sussex BN11 3PZ
Received 11 Dec 2025Rose Cottage 202 Salvington Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2JS
Received 11 Dec 2025Flat 2 10 Liverpool Terrace Worthing West Sussex BN11 1TA
Received 11 Dec 202571 The Drive Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5GD
Received 11 Dec 2025Land South Of 108 To 126 Gordon Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 12 Dec 2025Ashcroft 100 Kingston Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 12 Dec 202517 Franklin Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2PG
Received 12 Dec 2025Marston Durrington Hill Worthing West Sussex BN13 2PX
Received 12 Dec 202554 Hillrise Avenue Sompting West Sussex BN15 0LU
Received 15 Dec 202560 Southwick Street Southwick West Sussex BN42 4TJ
Received 15 Dec 2025Ashcroft 100 Kingston Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 15 Dec 2025Lancing College Preparatory School At Worthing 122 Broadwater Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8HU
Received 15 Dec 202548 Lime Tree Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 0DP
Received 15 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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